Character Analysis Of Meaning In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Explain (tell me what image the poem brings to mind)She begins by describing the "death of winter's leaves".

Montag feels at the begining of the novel that the communication is greatly lacking in society. People are becoming very ignorant and turning reallife realationships aside. They now turn to their "tv families". One victim of neglecting real life realtionships is Mildred, Montag's wife. Montag truley hates this. "Nobody listens any more. I can't talk to the walls because they're yelling at me. I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough, it'll make sense. And I want you to teach me to understand what I read." (2.125). Montag hopes that his wife and him can rejoin their connection through the books, but is sadly wrong and must find some one else, Faber.

As the narrator progresses through motherhood Boland symbolizes the end of the mother’s journey with winter which is associated with cold, harsh, barren, and grey conditions. The metonymy of wrapping a complex thought, such as the conclusion of motherhood, with the word, winter, is made more powerful. Ultimately, Bolands use of winter and its imagery allows the reader to understand the pain and desperation of a mother letting her child lose into the world. The idea of the inevitability of the cycle of life is further pushed by the core motif of the pomegranate. In the myth of Demeter and Persephone the pomegranate exemplifies temptation, procreation, and “evil.” Boland takes advantage of the connotation of the pomegranate established by the myth through the juxtaposition of the pomegranate with modern day representations of adulthood such as, “her teen magazines, her can of coke, and her plate of uncut fruit. The pomegranate.” This quotation demonstrates Boland’s intention to illustrate the child's desire to grow despite what the mother may feel. This is further supported by the line, “ a child can be hungary. I could warn her. There is still a chance.” The quotation supports the idea that I child will “hunger” to become an adult regardless of the implications. Which leads the mother to come to terms with her daughter beginning the journey into, ultimately,

Montag’s Wife, Mildred, is a negative influence on him, trying to push him away emotionally and physically. She does not know who she really is and lives in an illusionary world with her obsession of television shows and believing they are real. He is so confused because she tries to ignore it ever happened thinking about all the bad things; “fire, sleeping tablets, men disposable tissue, coattails, blow, wad, flush...Rain. The storm. The uncle laughing...The whole world pouring down..." (19). After this incident he looks at Mildred in a different light and is someone who he can’t relate to. Another way she separates herself from Montag is through her "family", which is a television show. Montag constantly asks Millie “[if that] family loves [her]… love [her] with all their heart and soul" (83). Her world isn’t based in reality; they are clearly on different paths. Hers is one of illusion and his is becoming that of a totally self-aware person. She blocks everything and everyone out that is around her and lives within the show. Mildred opens Montag 's eyes to the real world and shows him that most people are uncaring and narcissistic.

Supporting Point #1: Montag met a strange girl named Clarisse while walking home one night. After brief conversation, Montag realized how

forever. Montag states " You make me feel very old and very much like a father

montag just got home and his wife is leaving him for have a few books. Furthermore when Montag is walking down the railroad, “once long ago, Clarisse had walked here”(pg 145). The readers can tell that Montag cares about Clarisse. However when Montag walked to work,”Outside crossing the lawn, on his way to work, he tried not to see how completely dark and deserted Clarisse mcClellan’s house was.”(pg 102). Montag is lonely and wants a friend to talk to, probably because his wife watches tv all day and doesn’t visit with

Little insignificant questions that Clarisse ask are more conversation than Montag has with his own wife. Clarisse was interested in more than just watching t.v, and notices the little things in life like how there is “dew on the grass in the morning” (9). She shows Montag the beauty in the world: the things he overlooks, Clarisse makes him realize there is more to life than t.v and work. Everyday Clarisse met up with Montag and one day when she was not there, he missed her and “almost turned back...to give her time to appear (39). She was essential to Montag’s everyday routine, he looked forward to their short conversations over seeing his isolated

There is a difference between Mildred and Clarisse when they interact with Montag. When Montag and his wife have a conversation, it usually ends with Mildred being disinterested with what he is saying. It even makes Montag think “Well, wasn’t there a wall between him and Mildred, when you came down to it? Literally not just one wall but, so far three! And expensive, too! And the uncles, the aunts, the cousins, the nieces, the nephews…” (44). There seems to be no real connection between Montag and Mildred because she is busy watching the parlor walls. Whenever he tries to make an effort to talk to her, she seems to want to end the conversation as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, Clarisse and Montag’s conversation flows and continues. Ever since they met, the talks that they have had with each other always keeps them both intrigued. When Montag and Clarisse were discussing what he does for a living she could sense that something was wrong and just before

Clarisse’s individuality and her way of living in her dystopian community differ from the rest of the

Mildred tried to kill herself and when Montag tries to talk to her about it she blows him off. Mildred is only interested her her seashells which is like a podcast. When Mildred turns in Montag and has to flee her house she is only concerned about losing her tvs, “Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything gone now…”(Bradburry 116). Montag is trying to talk to Montag before they are teared apart, but she wants nothing to do with him. If Mildred loved Montag she would have trouble saying goodbye, but instead she doesn’t even try to say goodbye. Going blindly without love through a relationship allowed Mildred to easily abandon her husband.

Imagery was also used in the poem.  I found that the yellow in the first line represented that the future the writer was facing was bright and warm regardless of his choice.  The undergrowth was, as undergrowth in any forest, damp and dank smelling, but not necessarily unpleasant, just something that the writer would have to face.  The image of traveling through a forest also brings to mind thoughts of birds in flight, chirping and singing.  Squirrels dashing through trees, rustling leaves and dropping the occasional acorn or nut also create an image of sight and sound.  The sun reflecting through the trees, casting shadows and creating pockets of warm and cool air and the occasional breeze stirring through the trees are also brought to mind by this poem.  The end of the poem brings to me

Observation: Mildred doesn’t listen to a word that Guy says. This shows an unhealthy relationship.

The theme of emptiness is seen throughout Thomas’ poems. The wartime poet writes of his memory of livelihood and activity in villages, such as the one described in ‘Aspens’, and then how it begins to disappear as a result of war. This is shown as the village is left with a ‘lightless pane and footless road’ causing the village to appear as ‘empty as sky’ and this simile gives a sense of vastness of the effects of the war, emphasising on the emptiness in the poem. Further, the mention of the ‘cross-roads to a ghostly room’ explicates that the village is so empty that it is leading nowhere. This metaphor is ironic as cross-roads are suggestively open gateways and a sense of choice in direction. However this connotation is altered as Thomas uses the metaphor ‘ghostly room’, to portray the vacant village and this is supported by the cross-roads as they lead to emptiness and isolation. This is also seen in ‘Old Man’ as the paradox ‘only an avenue, dark, nameless, without end’ gives a sense of no lead despite the fact that an avenue should lead somewhere. It is clear here that Thomas’ state of depression is

The other section where symbolism is evident is “Small Porch in the Woods.” It is divided into several poems. In the first one, there is the mention of “unshifting star” which represents a change that is undisturbed. It is the turning point of the society. Despite the challenges communities face in their life, their ambition leads them towards achieving their objectives in life. The second poem under this section is about a heavy rain that fell in the month of April. Heavy rain is the representation of unhappy moments. The description presented by the narrator shows that it is a sad moment where everything is carried away. Throughout the poem, the rain is seen, as a lesson