Notes For Fahrenheit 451

Guy Montag is the main character in the story who undergoes a change in the way he thinks. The way he goes through this change is after meeting a girl named Clarrise. Clarrise's views on society and life helps Montag realize  more things and also makes him think on who he really is. After the question that Clarrise asks him, "Are you happy?" Montag starts to pay attention to things in his life and starts to see things differently.

Montag later starts too see that his relationship with his wife as something he doesnt like. Montag and his wife have really different views on things and have many arguments with each other.

Beatty, the captain of the fire department was and active reader with a lot of knowledge on the situation about the book burning and how society works. He explains to Montag why they burn books for a living which makes Montag uneasy because he was hiding books in his own house.

Vocab List 7

Pratfall: A stupid and humiliating action
She was embarassed by her pratfall but still went on with the show.

Bewilderedly: Completely puzzled or confused
The test question bewildered her completely.

Titilation: A tingling feeling of excitement
Titilation pulsed through her body when she saw presents under the tree

Theremin: A music instrument that makes high pitched sounds
during the horror movie, we heard the theremin play adding effect to the action

Tabloids: A newspaper having pages half the size of those of a standard newspaper, typically popular in style and dominated by headlines, photographs, and sensational storiesHe read through the Tabloids to gain information

Centrifuge: A machine with a rapidly rotating container that applies centrifugal force to its contents, typically to separate fluids of different densities (e.g., cream from milk) or liquids from solids.
The farmers used a centrifuge to make homemade milk

Haltingly: To come to complete stop
The red light caused the car to stop haltingly

Probing: To examine something with an instrument
We began probing new territiory

Stagnant: Dull and boring
The stagnant river layed still with no current or flow.

Cacophony: Harsh mixture of sounds
The cacophany sound of many people talking at once gave me a headache

VOCABULARY FALL LIST 6

Tatters: Pieces of an item or pieces of clothing, torn or ragged clothing
The paper had come off the bottom of the wall and hung there in tatters.

Merely: Only as specified and nothing more; simply:
Some say the report merely confirms common sense.

Vast: Very great in degree, intensity, etc.:
 Adaptation of a vast range of subjects and periods.

Parlor: A room, apartment, or building serving as a place of business for certain businesses or professions:
One pizza parlor now serves triangular pies on triangular platters.

Abrupt: Sudden or unexpected
An abrupt departure.

Refraction: The change of direction of a ray of light, sound, heat, or the like, in passing obliquely from one medium into another in which its wave velocity is different

Immense: Vast; huge; very great:
An immense territory.

Imperceptible: Something not capable of being perceived by the senses
Changes, when they do occur, come slowly and almost imperceptibly.

Ventilator: An opening or device, such as a fan, used to ventilate a room, building, etc

Olfactory: Of or pertaining to the sense of smell:
 The size and intensity of these sniffs turn out to be important gauges of olfactory ability.

FAHRENHEIT 451

Things learned from the wiki page of Fahrenheit 451 that I think are important to get an understanding of the novel.

• Beatty's explanation of why books are meant to be burned explains that the society is destroying itself and that books had controversial content outdated content. He then explains that the government took advantage and made it so they would censor books by burning them.

• Guy Montags character is someone who is in conflict and doesn't know what to believe in so he believes in what he hears and goes with what he experiences with the lack of knowledge he has

• Beatty who used to be and avid reader and now hates books due to how society and opinions from others has made books seem bad shows how many people in the novel feel that books are taboo

• Clarrise is a character who made made Montag question his life and what he was doing and this is something that started to get Montag thinking on the matter of the book burning

• The exiled book readers showed how people rebelled to the censorship of books and showed Montag another side of books to society 

Vocab List 5

Adroit:someone who is very skillful at doing something
His mind was adroit when it came to working with computers.

Amicable: having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor
Although they were divorced, their relationship was still amicable.

Averse:having a feeling of distaste or strong opposition 
The teacher was averse towards the idea of letting students use their phones during class.

Belligerent: war like or aggressive
He was belligerent because he constantly started fights with other.

Benevolent: someone or something that enjoys helping others and is warm and friendly
The teacher was benevolent, which gave a good vibe to the classroom.

Cursory: something done quickly with only small attention to detail
The cursory painting earned a unsatisfactory grade since the student missed a few days to work on it.

Duplicity: deception or a lie
Her friend caused duplicity, which mad her distrust him. 

Extol: to praise highly 
The people at church would extol by singing worship songs.

Feasible: something doable, likely, possible
It was feasible to get the answer to a math problem,

Grimace: a face indicating displeasure
She made a grimace on her face, causing him to think he had said something wrong.

Holocaust: a complete or near destruction of life
A holocaust was formed in the forest after the fire burned down all the trees.

Impervious: not being able to be hurt or penetrated
The fabric was impervious, causing water to slip right off.

Impetus: force that makes something happen or move.
After somebody called Jared stupid, he decided to go back to college and learned the comment was impetus.

Jeopardy: danger or risk
He experienced complete jeopardy when he confronted the burglar in his house.

Meticulous: showing extreme care and concern for detail
Ellen got a job very easily because her interviewers saw that she was meticulous.

Nostalgia: desire to return to an earlier time in life
When she got home from her date, she experienced nostalgia, wanting to do it again.

Quintessence: someone or something that is a is a classic example of character or persona
He was a quintessence of politeness.

Retrogress: to move backward into a less complex condition; decline
At first college was difficult and made Lana want to retrogress back to high school.

Scrutinize: to look at something carefully
Holland would scrutinize each painting at the museum.

Tepid: lukewarm, something that doesn't express warmth
The audience was tepid; they were only clapping to be polite.

Vocab Fall List 3

Coherent:logically connected; consistent- a coherent argument.

Belabor:to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary-He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed.

Eschew:to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid-to eschew evil.

Acquisitive:tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to getwealth, possessions, etc.:-our acquisitive impulses; 

Emulate:to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass:-to emulate one's father as a concert violinist.

Banal:devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:-

• The architecture is, for the most part, banal.
• Excoriation-to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally:
• Congeal:to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing:-Sometimes a collection of lesser actions congeal into larger consequences
• Carping:characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous:-carping criticism.
• Substantiate:to establish by proof or competent evidence:-to substantiate a charge.
• Temporize:to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.-The government has felt that it could not temporize with the difficulty any further.
• Largesse:the generous bestowal of gifts, favours, or money-
• Tenable:capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute:-But ignoring the people's views is no longer tenable.
• Insatiable:not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased:-These insatiable fish will also prey upon one another.
• Reconnaissance:to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.-
• Germane:closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent:-Please keep your statements germane to the issue.
• Ramify:to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts; extend into subdivisions.- 
• Intransigent: refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.-
• Taciturn:inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.-The writer wants to learn why, but does not tell his story, hoping that the taciturn ex-leader will volunteer an explanation.
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Vocab Fall List 2

intercede: to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition:to intercede with the governor for a condemned man.

hackneyed: made commonplace or trite; stale; banal:

the hackneyed images of his poetry.

approbation: approval; commendation. The mans approbation let him do his choice.

innuendo: an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of adisparaging or a derogatory nature.

• Their entire existence is based on lies, innuendo and a complete misreading of law.
• coalition: a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons,factions, states, etc. It will take a global coalition to help others in need.
• elicit: to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: The double hydrogen bond formed would diminish the ability of the molecule to elicit sweet taste.
• hiatus:a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. Worried by the playwright's increasingly unstable state, he also advised a total hiatus from work.
• assuage:to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: It also agreed to make its secret source code available to somegovernments in order to assuage security concerns.
• decadence: the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state;deterioration; decay: The search for longevity genes is a reflection of the 20th-21st centuriesscience decadence.
• expostulate: to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling
• simulate: to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like):to simulate crisis conditions.
• jaded: dulled or satiated by overindulgence: worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse. He's got a lot of ailments, but it hasn't made him bitter or jaded or anything
• umbrage: offense; annoyance; displeasure:It is a risky thing to stand against such a near-universal outpouring of moral umbrage.
• prerogative: an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, orthe like: the prerogatives of a senator.
• lurid: gruesome; horrible; revolting: Some of these diseases, in addition to their horrific manifestations, also have lurid origin stories.
• transcendence: to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed:to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy
• provincial: belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local:the provincial newspaper.
• petulant: moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: On the one hand she could be a moody and petulant bully, who carefullycultivated inflexible opinions and fostered great hates.
• unctuous: characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially inan affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug. When bitten, they collapsed with an unctuous squelch.
• meritorious: deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy:to receive a gift for meritorious service.
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