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ahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic novel, taking the reader to a time where books and thinking are outlawed. In a time so dreadful where those who want to better themselves by thinking, and by reading are outlaws as well. Books and ideas are burned, books are burned physically, where as ideas are burned from the mind. Bradbury uses literary devices, such as symbolism, but it is the idea he wants to convey that makes this novel so devastating. Bradbury warns us of what may happen if we stop expressing our ideas, and we let people take away our books, and thoughts. Bradbury notices what has been going on in the world, with regards to censorship, and book burning in Germany, and McCarthyism in America. That is what he is speaking out against. Bradbury is also a very symbolic writer, he incorporates symbolism into his book. Bradbury's use of symbolism throughout the novel makes the book moving and powerful by using symbolism to reinforce the ideas of anti-censorship. The Hearth and the Salamander, the title of part one, is the first example of symbolism. The title suggests two things having to do with fire, the hearth is a source of warmth and goodness, showing the positive, no
"(Anonymous). Fire has a dual image in the book, a symbol of destruction, and a symbol of warmth. Each of us has our own image of fire burning within us, and depending on experiences, it could be positive or negative. But a Phoenix is "reborn" only to get burnt and destroyed, again. After the body is consumed in flames, a worm emerges and develops into the next Phoenix. Fire has become a symbol of good in Montag's mind, and a solution to all problems. However, fire also symbolizes something else, warmth, goodness. Whereas a salamander is a small lizard-like amphibian, and also in mythology, is known to endure fire without getting burnt by it. Guy's life is a cycle of getting burnt, then coming alive once again, then being burnt, until one time the Phoenix survives and flies away (where Montag goes to the "escapee" camp), or the Phoenix dies in the flames, never to be reborn again(where Montag kills Capt. As part of his "rebirth", he goes to Faber with ideas to save the books, and he hides books in his house. And all our lives we must search for power, and in that search, we gain knowledge. They are memorizing the books, and passing them along by word of mouth, and then they are placing the books in the campfire, and letting their power be released.
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