Mechanical Hound- The Hound is not a real, living, organism; it's a machine. A machine that is dangerously precise, and feared by everyone. It is a killing machine. "-Mechanical Hound never fails. nose so sensitive [he] can remember and identify ten thousand odor indexes on ten thousand men without resetting" [133]. .
5. Settings: The book takes place in America during the 24th century. Major setting's in this story includes Montag's home, the firehouse, and the outskirts of the town. Montag's home was not described in detail, except for the TV Parlor. The TV Parlor was a room with huge TV screens instead of walls, and you can interact with them. Montag's house is not a place that seems very comfortable. His room is always described as dark and cold. Its not a happy place, and he seems to be very depressed and sad when at his house. The firehouse is described as having a brass pole, and the list of forbidden books posted on the wall. The firehouse was kind of a scary place. The firemen sitting around the dark place, and the mechanical hound just downstairs. The outskirts of town is where Montag escapes the government and his life. In a sense, it's telling the reader that, if you want to escape societies pressures, spend time with nature. .
6. Plot summary:.
1. Montag meets an, according to society, odd girl named Clarisse McClellan.
2. Montag and the other firefighters burn a house with books, the owner remained inside. .
3. Montag reveals to Mildred that he has stolen books and is keeping them in their house. Montag reads the books.
4. Montag wants to learn more about books, so he contacts and old professor named Faber.
5. Beatty realizes that Montag has switched over to the other side, and he forces Montag to burn his own house down.
6. Montag freaks out and kills Beatty with a flamethrower.
7. There is an intense manhunt for Montag. After visiting Faber, he escapes in the river.
8. Montag meets up with a bunch of educated men at the railroad tracks.
