Part Three: Burning Bright

1. Who called the fire alarm about Montag?

2. Explain Beatty’s feelings about the purpose of fire. Do you agree? Why or why not?

3. What objects does Montag burn first? Why do you think he chooses to begin with these particular items?

4. How does Beatty discover Montag’s green bullet?

5. What happens to Beatty? How? What does Montag realize when running from the scene? Do you think Montag is right? Why or why not?

6. What keeps holding Montag back as he tries to run from the scene of the fire?

7. To where is Montag instinctively running? Why?

8. What does Montag hear coming from the Seashell radio?

9. Who tries to run Montag over? What does this reveal about this society?

10. Why does Montag hide the books in Mrs. Black’s house?

11. To where does Faber tell Montag to go? Why? Where do Faber and Montag agree to meet again?

12. Why does Montag want Faber to turn on the air conditioning and sprinklers?

13. What does Bradbury mean when he says, “Twenty million Montags running, soon, if the cameras caught him”?

14. What community effort do the Parlor Walls incite?

15. Why does Montag douse himself with liquor?

16. What does Bradbury mean by the following: “…going away from the people who ate shadows for breakfast and steam for lunch and vapors for dinner”?

17. What does Montag believe is a sign that the world welcomes him now?

18. How does Montag view fire differently now?

19. Why does the search for Montag veer inland, away from the river?

20. How do the police finally catch “Montag”?

21. What does Granger mean by “Welcome back from the dead”?

22. According to Granger, why do they still burn books? 23. What is the most important rule everyone must remember, according to Granger?

24. What do Granger and the others hope will happen after the war?

25. Why does Granger tell Montag about his grandfather? What point is Granger trying to make about Millie?

26.What does the quote “I hate the Roman named Status Quo” mean?

27. Describe Millie’s last moments of life, as Montag imagines them.

28. Granger compares society to the Phoenix. Why does he make this comparison? According to Granger and his analogy, what is the only way society will ever change?

29.Where are the people headed at the end of the book? Why do you think they are going there?