Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic novel, telling the story of a time where books and independent thinking are outlawed. In a time so unenlightened, where those who want to better themselves by thinking, are outlawed and killed. Books and ideas are destroyed, books are incinerated, where as ideas thinking becomes a danger to society and is not tolerated. Bradbury uses literary devices, such as symbolism, in which he portrays thethoughts of man. The book recalls the effects of the Nazi's, and their destruction of literature and text, in a new day and age. Symbolism is a key element to understanding the book and its message of anti-censorship and common ignorance. The Hearth and the Salamander, the title of part one. This example of symbolism suggests two things having to do with fire, the hearth, a center of emotion and heat. Whereas a salamander will embrace heat and fire to gain warmth. The salamander represents the main character of Guy Montag. Montag's occupation as a fireman is to burn books and text to erase their existence and impact on thinking. The symbol of a Phoenix is us
After meeting the other escapees, he is able to associate fire with good. Symbolism added to the impact this book had. Destruction and the use of fire came to be a symbol of both good and bad. The campfire is no longer destruction, it is providing warmth for them. It is not until the very end that Guy realizes that fire does not have to be destructive, it is a tool which can have many uses. For Montag, fire has been good to serve the purpose of being a fireman. We pick up a few more people that remember every generation. The Phoenix was a mythical bird of ancient Arabian legend. Beatty by igniting him with the liquid fire. He must have been first cousin to Man. But every time he burnt himself, up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again.
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