1. Is this highlighted portion metaphorical or literal?2. What is Montag saying about strangers?3. Why does Montag want to go in to the "talking house?"4. Why do you think he decides not to?
5. Remember that the narrator uses third person limited omniscient point of view. What is the narrator conveying to you in this paragraph? 6. What kind of mood is Montag in at this point and how does he respond to that mood?7. If you had been in Montag's shoes, how would you feel when the person who nearly dies has no recollection of the event whatsoever?8. Why do you think Mildred is denying the overdose?
9. Why do you think Montag is so uninterested in the play?10. Why do you think he's pretending to care anyway?11. Judging by his reaction, what do you think he discovered on the last page?
