1. Montag's reaction to books was that he was fascinated by them. He thinks they could have the answers to all the questions he has. For example, what happened to Clarisse and maybe even why there is a war.
Mildred, on the other hand, is far more interested in TV programs than reading books. She doesn't like to use her imagination to envision people and things because she rather have other people do that thinking for her. She is also afraid that Captain Beatty might find out and burn the house and most importantly to her, their "investments"(aka the parlor).
2. The effects of the bombs flying over show that there is an outside conflict too: war. Montag first realized this when he started to question is happiness and now when he's confessing to Mildred that he is not happy. It proves that everyone in the country is so busy being distracted and finding happiness in technology that they don't even realize that their country is at war. In section two, it motivates Montag to look for answers about why there might be a war in books.
3. Professor Faber used to be an English Professor but stopped after the college shut down due to the lack of people applying. Montag decides to pay him a visit because he wants to understand what he's reading.
4. Montag's reaction in the subway is him having a fight with himself mentally and deciding on weather he should continue his life in that dull society, which means forgetting about books, or read books and break the rules so that maybe he can find some answers (maybe even happiness).
5. Faber's argument is that the things that you learn from books could be applied to your life. He first says that books have quality and make you reflect on your life. Then he says books need people to take their time when reading them and interpret what they read(make meaning out of it). The last thing he tells Montag about books is that people need to apply what they have learned from books in their own life.
6. The small green object is an invention that Faber created. I like to think of it as walkie talkie. It's basically just a two way radio that he made to look like seashells( which is Bradbury's version of headphones) so no one would be suspicious.
7. Well clowns are usually associated with the amusement of little children and since grown adults in this society find them entertaining as well, this leads me to think that they aren't very (how do I put this in a nice way?🤔)...very educated or mature,
8. Mrs. Phelps cries when Montag read "Dover Beach" because just as their society, Mrs.Phelps had nothing to make her think for herself and as she interpreted what Montag was reading, she was reflecting on her own life.
9. Montag returns to the fire station because he thinks he is a real risk taker but Beatty had happened to find out he had books.
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