Fahrenheit 451 # 9

Comments:

• Montag excapes with a book that no one found.
• He begins to reminse on him hurting Beatty and how he did not defend himself as if he wanted to die.
• Montag brings the books over to Mrs. Browns and burries it in her kitchen in revenge for her snitching on him.
• Montag is scared for his life; him and Farber are planning their escape.
• He is shown on television; there is a new Hound in search of him.

Questions:

• Does Montag understand that revenge only makes things worse?
• Why is Farber so calm?
• If the firefighters can have books why can't Montag?
• How is the hound going to actually mind Montag?

Words:

• valise(pg 162)-a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag
• seance(pg163)-a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead
• ricocheted(pg 163)-to move in this way, as a projectile

Literary Terms:

• "The smell of the river was cool and like a solid rain."(pg 164)- Simile
• "a storm of light fell upon the river and Montag dived under the great illumination"(pg165)- Personification.
  
  Summary:

These couple of pages show that Montag is escaping with Farber and he decides to get revenge with Mrs. Brown