What is the mechanical hound in the book Fahrenheit 451?

What is the mechanical hound in the book Fahrenheit 451?

Scent-tracking mechanical Hound Known as the “mechanical Hound,” this robotic dog with eight legs helps the firemen track and kill dissidents harboring books. Its sensitive nose “can remember and identify 10,000 odor indexes on 10,000 men without resetting.”

How many pages are in the book Fahrenheit 451?

256

What page in Fahrenheit 451 does Montag kill Beatty?

Montag kills Beatty at the beginning of part three of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. All through the book Beatty, Montag’s fire chief, has been taunting Montag and propagandizing the book-burning philosophy that Montag despises. At the end of part two, they answer a fire alarm that takes them to Montag’s house.

What does Granger think their job is?

He is keeping it in his head. What does Granger think their job is? Granger says that all the people in the woods are just receptacles for the knowledge in the books. How does Montag feel about Mildred still being in the city?

How does Granger help Montag survive the hound?

Granger first helps him to evade the capture of the Mechanical Hound by giving him a drink that changes the chemical makeup of his sweat, which the hound smells to follow him. This throws them off his scent and forces them to capture someone else in his stead.

Why does the Hound stop chasing Montag?

He’s been helped in his escape by the fact that everybody was watching the police chase live on TV and so by looking through their windows Montag was able to see how close he was to getting caught. Wading into the river, he manages to throw the hound off his scent; he is then safe.

How did Montag destroy the hound?

Mildred rushes out of the house with a suitcase and is driven away in a taxi, and Montag realizes she must have called in the alarm. The Mechanical Hound appears and injects Montag’s leg with anesthetic before he manages to destroy it with his flamethrower.

Which drug does the Hound inject into Montag?

morphine

How do the firemen control the hound?

In Fahrenheit 451, the firemen control the Mechanical Hound by programming its olfactory system so that it can recognize and hunt its prey as a real dog does, by following their scent. Montag thinks that someone may have been using the chemical formula for his scent to make the Hound react to him in a hostile manner.