How many days out of the month does Mrs Bowles say she sees her children?
Bowles spends three days per month with her children, we can view that in the following quote: “[…] I plunk the children in school nine days out of ten.
How does Mrs Bowles take care of her children?
She says that raising children in this manner is similar to washing clothes – she simply “stuff(s) (them in like) laundry and slam(s) the lid”.
What does Mrs Bowles compare her children to?
Bowles compares her children to a responsibility, and a chore. ‘They’d just as soon kick as kiss me. Montag tops things off by reading Dover Beach, which causes Mrs.
How does Mrs Bowles feel about her kids?
Children are ruinous and they are unnecessary. Mrs. Bowles’ children feel about her? They don’t love her.
What were Mrs Bowles reason for having kids?
Fahrenheit 451 (Part 2)
| Montag and Mildred think someone is at the door. Why doesn’t the door-voice tell them if someone is there? | Montag had turned it off before they started reading. |
|---|---|
| How did Mrs. Bowles have two children? | c-section |
| What were Mrs. Bowles’s reasons for having children? | to continue the race of people |
Does Mrs Phelps have kids?
SG5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How does Mrs. Phelps feel about children? | She doesn’t have any |
| How does Mrs. Bowles feel about children? | They are necessary to reproduce |
| How do Mrs. Bowlers’ children feel about her? | They’d just as soon kick as kiss her |
| On what did the ladies base their Presidential votes? | How the men looked |
How does Mrs Phelps say about her husband going off to war?
He is at war, and he will be back next week. Mrs. Phelps believes that it is always somebody else’s husband that dies in war.
How does Mrs Bowles reaction to the poem?
She is carried away by the emotion of the poem because she has never heard a poem read before. She begins crying, and she is not sure why. When the others ask, she responds that the poem is bad, and that’s why she was crying.
What does Montag do to Mildred and her friends that gets him in trouble?
As the previous educator has commented, Montag engages Mildred’s friends, Mrs Bowles and Mrs Phelps, in conversation and reads a poem to them. Whispering in his ear, Faber warns Montag not to read the poem, presumably because he is worried that the women will report him to the authorities for possessing a book.
What does Faber say to Montag?
What does Faber tell Montag about the book? Faber tells Montag that all books tell the truth portrayed by the author and that books have pores and the more pores they have, the more information they contain.
Why does Faber say firemen are rarely necessary?
Why? Faber says it is because “People are having fun” (87). Consequently, people would rather have a good time than become more educated and literate; therefore, the firemen aren’t as needed as they seem to be. Through this comment, Faber is drawing an important conclusion about the nature of society.
Why does Montag say we never burned right?
Firstly, Montag may be passing judgement on his society. I suppose that, given the context in which he speaks this line, Montag probably means that they should not have been burning books. Instead, they should have been burning (probably figuratively) society. He says this line after he has burned down his own house.
Who said remember the firemen are rarely necessary?
Ray Bradbury