vocabulary 7-8
Terms
undefined, object
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- reactionary
- an extreme conservative
- zepher
- wind
- aura
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
- opportune
- at a convenient or suitable time
- reactionary
- an extreme conservative
- fabricated
- formed or conceived by the imagination
- empantically
- forcefully
- cliche
- an overused saying or idea
- wan
- a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
- aesthetic
- (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful
- recipients
- recipients or container
- charisma
- a personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others
- martial
- suggesting war or military life
- paradoxes
- In the beginning of "The Hearth and the Salamander," Montag's bedroom is described first as "not empty" and then as "indeed empty," because Mildred is physically there, but her thoughts and feelings are elsewhere. Bradbury's repeated use of such paradoxical statements—especially that a character or thing is dead and alive or there and not there—is frequently applied to Mildred, suggesting her empty, half-alive condition. Bradbury also uses these paradoxical statements to describe the "Electric-Eyed Snake" stomach pump and, later, the Mechanical Hound. These paradoxes question the reality of beings that are apparently living but spiritually dead. Ultimately, Mildred and the rest of her society seem to be not much more than machines, thinking only what they are told to think. The culture of Fahrenheit 451 is a culture of insubstantiality and unreality, and Montag desperately seeks more substantial truths in the books he hoards. Animal and nature imagery pervades the novel. Nature is presented as a force of innocence and truth, beginning with Clarisse's adolescent, reverent love for nature. She convinces Montag to taste the rain, and the experience changes him irrevocably. His escape from the city into the country is a revelation to him, showing him the enlightening power of unspoiled nature. Much of the novel's animal imagery is ironic. Although this society is obsessed with technology and ignores nature, many frightening mechanical devices are modeled after or named for animals, such as the Electric-Eyed Snake machine and the Mechanical Hound.
- prolific
- Producing offspring or fruit.
- pediments
- roof slanted, creating triangles
- mediorce
- Average,Ordinary,Undisinguished
- conceived
- formed in the mind
- quams
- an uneasiness misgiving or doubt
- zealous
- marked by active interest and enthusiasm