Themes In Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'

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1. Clues that foreshadow that the Mechanical Hound might mean disaster for Montag is that Montag feels distrust and feels anxious about it. I feel that his gut reaction was the main clue in something catastrophic happening later on.
2. Montag's words meant that the people surrounding them and everyone else are so unbelievably engrossed in themselves and could care less about anything else going on. Self-absorbed and indifferent people were so common that when Montag and Clarisse spoke, it felt like such a drastic change.
3. Montag meant that by 'not crying at death' was concerning his feelings towards his wife. He was thinking about if she really did die, that he would not cry because I think he never really had true feelings for her. They

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