Questions 1-12

1)  Ray Bradbury starts the novel with "it was a pleasure to burn" because the protagonist is Guy Montag and he is living in a futuristic society where people called firemen are in charge of burning outlawed books. He considers it a "pleasure to burn",and feels he's doing the his duty by helping to get rid of them.

2)  In the opening scene books are compared to birds because Bradbury uses the birds as a symbol for what books can do for our minds.  Books help our thoughts take flight, and help us be able to think independently and not just in other people's viewpoints. So it's a symbol of how books are freedom.

3)  The difference between Montag and Clarisses lives is that Clarisses house is full of light and affection, where as Montag, his house is complete darkness, where no sound from the great city could penetrate .

4)  The technology within the novel compares to our current technology he described almost exactly what we have nowadays but in his imagination. Technology did not improve the quality of life for Montag and his wife Mildred because technology may have made life convenient, but it had also robbed it if meaning . The scene in the bedroom shows us that Montage quality of life has been harmed by the technology.

5) ?

6) The author introduces the character of Clarisse before Mildred because Clarisse is a person full of life and ideas and Mildred is the opposite, like a robot. So we can see how much better, or how everyone should really be living instead of like Mildred.

7)  All the houses are fireproof in the society so when the firemen burned  books, the books burn but not the houses.

8)  Mildred required Emergency service because she had overdosed with pills in a suicidal attempt. The service that is provided was not at all important for the paramedics who just wanted money and replaced her intoxicated blood with new blood.

9)  The mechanical hound is a dog shaped robot with 8 legs. It was made of metal and it's purpose is to hunt down and kill fugitives who violate the law of the society.

10) The society considers Clarisse "anti-social" because she refuses to participate in thier activities and enjoys talking, thinking, unlike the rest of the people.

11)  When the womens house is raided she lights the match herself because she'd rather die with her books, then live without them.

12) The relationship between Montag and Mildred Is not a good happy relationship, they don't remember when they met so that tells us that they don't really care much about each other.