_____ is a fireman who burns books in a futuristic American city. In [his] world, firemen start fires rather than putting them out.
The people in this society do not read _____, enjoy nature, spend time by themselves, think independently, or have meaningful conversations.
Instead, they drive very fast, watch excessive amounts of television on wall-size sets, and listen to the radio on “_____ Radio” sets attached to their ears.
Montag encounters a gentle 17 year-old girl named _____, who opens his eyes to the emptiness of his life with her innocently penetrating questions and her unusual love of people.
Over the next few days, Montag experiences a series of disturbing events. First, his wife, _____, attempts suicide by swallowing a bottle of sleeping pills.
Then, when he responds to an alarm that an old woman has a stash of hidden _____, the woman shocks him by choosing to be burned alive along with her books.
A few days later, he hears that Clarisse has been killed by a _____.
Montag’s dissatisfaction with his life increases, and he begins to search for a solution in a stash of books that he has stolen from his own fires and hidden inside an _____.
When Montag fails to show up for work, his fire chief, _____, pays a visit to his house.
He explains that it’s normal for a _____ to go through a phase of wondering what books have to offer, and he delivers a dizzying monologue explaining how books came to be banned.
Special-interest groups and other “_____” objected to books that offended them.
Soon, books all began to look the same, as writers tried to avoid offending anybody. This was not enough, and society as a whole decided to simply burn books rather than permit __.
Beatty tells Montag to take twenty-four hours or so to see if his stolen books contain anything worthwhile and then turn them in for _____.
Montag remembers that he once met a retired _____ sitting in a park, and he decides that this man might be able to help him understand what he reads.
He visits _____, who tells him that the value of books lies in the detailed awareness of life that they contain.
Faber agrees to help Montag with his reading, and they concoct a risky scheme to overthrow the _____.
Faber will contact a printer and begin reproducing books, and Montag will plant books in the homes of firemen to discredit the profession and to destroy the machinery of _____.
Faber gives him a two-way radio earpiece (the “_____”) so that he can hear what Montag hears and talk to him secretly.
Montag goes home, and soon two of his wife’s friends arrive to watch tv. Their superficiality angers him, and he takes out a book of poetry and reads '_____' by Matthew Arnold.
Montag goes to the fire station and hands over one of his books to Beatty. Beatty confuses Montag by barraging him with contradictory _____ from great books.
Beatty exploits these contradictions to show that literature is morbid and _____, and that it deserves incineration.
Suddenly, the alarm sounds, and they rush off to answer the call, only to find that the alarm is at Montag’s own _____. Montag realizes that his own wife has betrayed him.
Beatty forces Montag to burn the house himself. When Beatty continues to berate Montag, Montag turns the _____ on his superior and proceeds to burn him to ashes.
The _____, a monstrous machine that Beatty has set to attack Montag, pounces and injects Montag’s leg with a large dose of anesthetic.
Montag manages to destroy it with his flamethrower; then he walks off the numbness in his leg and escapes with some books that were hidden in his _____.
Faber tells Montag that he is leaving for _____ to see a retired printer who may be able to help them.
Montag then takes some of Faber’s old clothes and runs off toward the river. Montag manages to escape in the river and change into Faber’s clothes to disguise his _____.
He drifts downstream into the country and follows a set of abandoned railroad tracks until he finds a group of renegade intellectuals (“_____”), led by a man named Granger.
They are a part of a nationwide network of _____ who have memorized many great works of literature and philosophy.
Montag’s role is to memorize the Book of _____. Enemy jets appear in the sky and completely obliterate the city with bombs.
Montag and his new friends move on to search for survivors and rebuild _____.
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