##bols And Symbolism In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

My appreciation of a literary work was enhanced by understanding symbol when I read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. The science fiction novel is about Guy Montag, a man who is a firefighter. In this time, the job of a firefighter is to burn and destroy all books because reading or having books is illegal. He does his job, day by day, burning books without giving it a thought. As the novel continues, Montag realizes that books are not bad and tries to save them. He remembers a time when fire was not a destructive force; fire was also a source of warmth and comfort. In this novel, fire represents two opposing forces, depending on how it is used. The firemen use it to destroy, but Montag learns that it gives a source of a warm and comforting affect when used correctly.

Fire represents change in the novel because fire allows Montag to undergo a symbolic change in which he stops using fire to burn knowledge but instead help him find it. Guy uses fire to

In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, fire is a recurring idea. Bradbury used the main character, Guy Montag, to present the fire motif throughout the story. Montag, a fireman, had doubts about his career and society. He sought answers and enlightenment to cure his curiosity about the truth in books. He did not have faith in his society, nor did he understand why intellect was so terrible. In his search Montag realized that fire (and books) were not so evil after all. Montag began to see fire in a different light. Therefore, fire, in Fahrenheit 451, represented rejuvenation through cleansing and renewal.

Bradbury also uses powerful the symbolism of fire, water and the Phoenix to paint distinct images in the reader’s minds. Firemen see fire as a symbol of purification through the burning of books. This is quite ironic because rather than purifying the world they are contributing to the destruction of knowledge. The Chief of the Fire

Mankind has been utilizing fire for millennia; it has been used to make food safe, to provide warmth, to illuminate the dark and unknown, and to protect from savage beasts. It is also practical for torturing, killing, intimidating, and destroying. It only takes one glance for someone to see how fire -- as it dances, spearing the sky for but a moment before it is gone, only to be replaced by another flame -- is far too chaotic to be controlled. In the world of Fahrenheit 451, it seems, superficially, that man has conquered fire at last; the home, man’s refuge from everything undesirable in the world, is fireproof. Why, then, are things still burning in this gilded utopia? In this futuristic society where there is no such thing as an uncontrolled fire, fire has been reduced to a mere tool to be wielded by mankind. As such, fire, in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, is a reflection of the true nature of each character in the novel. In the hands of the society and especially the fireman, fire is a tool wielded for fractious and destructive intent. For Clarisse, who is compared to a candle, fire is friendly and inspiring of thought. And for Montag and the other literates hiding outside of the city, fire is a warm gathering place that fosters kinship and the proper ideals to feed a revolution.

The book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury was about a fireman name Guy Montag. Montag does the opposite from what regular fireman do. He starts fires instead of putting them out. Books in Montag's society is forbidden to read and if caught reading the book would be set on fire. Instead of reading, that society watches large amounts of television as big as the wall and listens to the radio attached to their ears. It was not normal for pedestrians to talk and have meaningful conversations until Montag met a teenager name Clarisse. Clarisse was a strange girl that opened up Montag thoughts. She asked him about his work and what made him become a fireman. One question that really got him to think was the statement “Are you happy”(Bradbury 10). Montag believed that Clarisse was odd. She wasn’t like the norm of the society. She read books, walked the city like a pedestrian and, had meaningful conversations. After that encounter with Clarisse a number of events started to happen to him; his wife Mildred tried to commit suicide with prescription pills, a woman that hid books in her home decides to burn a live with her books, and Clarisse is killed in a car accident., With all these tragic events occuring, Montag tries to find a solution to this epidemic. The society has become controlled from power, a sense of censorship. Bradbury has shown his viewpoint of society through this novel.

Ray Bradbury once stated, “I never consciously place symbolism in my writing. That would be a self-conscious exercise and self-consciousness is defeating to any creative act … During a lifetime, one saves up information which collects itself around centers in the mind; these automatically become symbols on a subliminal level and need only be summoned in the heat of writing.” (The Paris Review). Bradbury’s may not have consciously placed symbolism in Fahrenheit 451, but his use of symbolism throughout the story allows the reader to relate back to their most basic instincts, all while seeing a deeper meaning to what they are really looking at.

Fire s a destructive force. If burnt things with firemen, and the sun burnt time, that means that everything is burned ! (Fahrenheit 451) To include, Fire is a destructive force because fire is the dose destructive energy of nature, yet it is also one of the most important forces for the good of mankind when under man’s control.” The inner fire is the most important thing To mankind poses.’’ (Edith Sodergran)i use this quote because it connects to the theme Fahrenheit 451, which is a basic human necessity capable of both bad and good.

The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a man named Guy Montag who lives in this futuristic society without books. Bradbury uses symbolism multiple times throughout the novel. However, books are considered dangerous since the power of knowledge is influential. They have these TV walls which can symbolize the lack of real relationships in this society. Montag’s captain at the firestation, Captain Beatty, is also symbolic, he could be viewed as Satan because he burns down houses and he seems to be the one ordering everything to be done. Seemly toward the ending of the novel Beatty says ,”A book is a loaded gun in the next door. Burn it.” If they decided to read books, and use what they gained from reading it, then and only then, could they really be dangerous. Also at the ending of the book the city is destroyed by an atomic bomb in the very quick war, it is suggested that the city will be rebuilt like the Phoenix always comes back from being burned. Bradbury's use of symbolism digs deeply beyond their literal meaning and gives a whole new perspective of the novel.

Fire is an ever-present concept in Fahrenheit 451. In the society of the dystopian world the fire is a negative force that destroys the houses and banned books of the offender. The name of the book is derived from the temperature at which books burn. The burning books become a metaphor for the anti-intellectual violence of the novel. It eradicates every cultural article in which are books. It is used as a pressure of the government to form the citizens the way the government wants the world constructed. "The core of the novel rests in the readers ability to share Guy 's slow struggle toward consciousness, to move from

Fire is the most important symbol of Fahrenheit 451 standing for life, rebirth, and destruction. In the beginning of the book Montag talks about how beautiful the fire is, even as it destroys thousands of books and the house. Fire is the constant symbol used throughout the book. It is even used in the title Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper burns.

Fire symbolizes the government’s authority and ability to burn ideas and free thinking of an individual. The government has the authority over the people who are in a

Without happiness, sadness cannot exist. In today’s society, happiness and sadness have to coexist and form a unital bond. On the contrary, in Ray Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451, that bond does not exist. In his book, the main character, Guy Montag, goes through an internal struggle of what he was always taught to believe, and what he wants to do to be happy. Montag realizes that he has never really been happy living with his wife when he meets a distinct girl named Clarisse McClellan. Montag struggles through meeting Clarisse and her questions, learning about the past, and his external battles.

what exactly can fire do? How can you prevent the smell of a campfire as it gets closer and closer. Ray Bradbury based on Fahrenheit 451 in a setting where something's are wrong, and some are right, and as long as you follow the rules you're okay. His setting encouraged him to write about what would happen to someone under influence (by society or someone in society)when they decide to change. In a world based on what's right and wrong. Montag begins to think differently about the things around him. He begins to feel different emotions, and reacts by stealing the one thing that this society has lead him to burn. The government has set out rules to make sure everyones lives are lived right. In their point of view, keeping the books from them relieves them from dealing with unwanted emotions. Montag begins as normal and inflammable (like the houses). Yet throughout the story a small fire is lit. It gets bigger and bigger as Montag begins reading his way into downfall. "And as before, it was good to burn..." (pg59)And its as if a ball of fire is lit around him. And where ever he goes it brings destruction.

Symbolism is a technique that literary adds meaning to stories through the use of objects or events portrayed to represent something else. The reason behind the use of symbolism is eluding something 's meaning without sighting on the obvious. The in-depth analysis of the use of symbolism will feature in a short story-Fahrenheit 451 (Fenton). Fahrenheit 451 is a science fiction artistic work of literature that makes use of symbols in the reflection of the humanity journey revived in a dystopian society ruled by the inception of technology. Symbols hailing from nature and technology portray assessment (bleak) of human temperament in satisfying natural desires with constructions by men. The most used symbols include the River, Phoenix and the Mirror conveying slavishly technological servitude. Most of the symbols act on ironic stance whereby he does live harmed by fire since he realized the damage brought by the burnt books to his communes evidenced by the dependence of Mildred on pills for sleeping. The portrait of the elderly woman has a representation of the decline in the society 's moral. The deeper meaning of this traced from Latimers ' quotation uttered by the victim whereby she speaks nothing harmful. Contrary to these utterances, she says that longing flame of knowledge plus learning can never be put out thus has continuum to infinite burning.