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    Salinger and Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury in order to cross examine material from that time period. Particularly, I decided that I wanted to look at three symbols in each respective novel to help me understand the relationship of the individual in each novel to the broader society. For Fahrenheit 451, I chose to analyze the fire, the phoenix and the heart and the salamander. Fire is actually a really big symbol in this novel. We can start by analyzing the title of the novel which is “Fahrenheit 451” which

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    In the the novel Fahrenheit 451, multiple different abstract and concrete ideas are represented. Those ideas include the use of the outsiders to represent the old society, the use of the mechanical hound to represent the resistance to change, and the usage of the atomic bomb to symbolize a new reality. However, this specific examples of representation within the novel are highlighted due to the fact that they together compose an allegory. Within the novel three main societies are expressed through

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    Fahrenheit 451 is one of the more complex books that i have read. Its structure of writing is more detailed, to say he defines things in such a peculiar way that you can imagine it vividly. His mood and tone are so unique that he has become famous for it. To say the least, his style is hard to explain. Bradbury use a lot of symbols throughout the book, fire being the main symbol for the destruction of a society. Fire can also be used as a symbol for giving up control, letting others take care

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    Life with Knowledge In the movie version of Fahrenheit 451, Francois Truffaut uses an apple to highlight knowledge. In the movie, apple symbolized the knowledge the characters shared. For example, the group of people that Montag was with shared same knowledge as they shared the same apple. However, at the beginning of the movie, one of the firemen couldn’t eat a leftover apple from a bookkeeper as Captain Bettay snatched it. Furthermore, this incident illuminates how the firemen were prohibited

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    The Symbolism of fire in Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury describes a dystopian society where firemen instead of putting out fires, light them in pursuit of vanishing all books. The protagonist of the novel, Guy Montag, is a fireman that started questioning his beliefs about love, society and mainly questioning his job as an enemy of books, and the use of fire. This essay will discuss how does Montag understands fire through the novel and how fire is presented in the book.

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    are”. In Fahrenheit 451’s society, the reading of books is illegal and punishable by death. The protagonist Guy Montag stands against the burning of the books and attempts to be happy with his life, even though he is a fireman. Ray Bradbury, uses many literary devices in his story, but the most important device is symbolism. In Fahrenheit 451, a handful of symbols advance the plot by giving the novel a deeper meaning that what appears on the surface. Each symbol included in the Fahrenheit 451 is a

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    Throughout English literature there are a number of authors who use symbolism to get a point across to the reader. Symbolism is a chance for the author to show the reader instead of tell. The futuristic book Fahrenheit 451 is a novel based around symbolism and ulterior meanings. Water and fire are symbols commonly used in all types of literature. These elements are especially apparent in mythology. Also, within the novel the parlor walls proved themselves to be more than what was initially apparent

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    the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, fire symbolizes destruction and censorship. It symbolizes this by showing how the firemen are starting fires, and not putting them out. It states, “he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red, yellow, and black.” (Bradbury 3). In the quote it explained how he ignited a fire that burned down a house, when firefighters are supposed to be putting out fires, and not starting them. Another symbolism for fire

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    do not read books, enjoy nature, spend time by themselves, think independently, or have a meaningful conversation because it is against the law. If the characters break the law or struggle internally blood will be shed. In Ray Bradbury’s novel ​Fahrenheit ​451, he presents the paradox between life and death and demonstrates how blood and fire appears throughout the novel as a symbol of humanity’s repressed soul. Instinctively self Montag “feels” his most revolutionary thoughts welling and circulating

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    the poem, Dover Beach, in his novel because it represents the society in Fahrenheit 451. Although the Earth is beautiful and almost perfect, the people that live in it are internally struggling. The last stanza is what represents the dystopian society the most. The poem states, “And we are here as on a darkling plain / Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight” (Arnold 35-36). This explains how people in Fahrenheit 451 do not appreciate the world around them and are just are confused by “struggle

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