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    Symbolism in Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury, perhaps one of the best-known science fiction, wrote the amazing novel Fahrenheit 451. The novel is about Guy Montag, a ‘fireman’ who produces fires instead of eliminating them in order to burn books (Watt 2). One night while he is walking home from work he meets a young girl who stirs up his thoughts and curiosities like no one has before. She tells him of a world where fireman put out fires instead of starting them and where people read books and think

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    In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag progressively understands his identity and society which is reflected in the evolution of the symbolic meaning of fire from a destructive force to a controlled source of energy, awareness, and creation. In “The Hearth and the Salamander”, fire represents an impetus of destruction to Montag. Hearth is the fireplace of a home; a fire of warmth and intimacy. The salamander is a symbol for the firemen- people who thrive in fire without being consumed

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    The book Fahrenheit 451 is about a society where nobody is educated because books are illegal. One character in this book is Mildred, a woman who has been raised in this world without books. Mildred is an example of how the average person in their society looks. She is an empty person who barely has any thoughts or emotions. Mildred is important to Fahrenheit 451 because she symbolizes what happens if there is no education. She doesn’t think because she doesn’t really know anything to think about

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    Montag discovers new things after meeting Clarisse. Things like the fact that fire fighters used to actually fight fires. He also comes to discover that he doesn't really love his wife. As well as he's not entirely happy. Clarisse's attitude and outlook let's him discover that his view of life is grim and jaded. He begins to realize that things aren’t how he wants them to be, that he doesn't really know much about history - or the truth of it, he becomes curious and attempts to find real happiness

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    In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, the phoenix, fire, and Montag burning his own house symbolize the ways in which a person can be reborn. Fire symbolizes the government’s authority or ability to burn ideas and free thinking of an individual. The phoenix symbolizes Montag being reborn, after realizing that fire is the destruction knowledge, that has destroyed him. Montag burning his own house symbolizes Montag becoming a new person and realizing that knowledge is the key to having a more

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    In “Fahrenheit 451” the symbol fire represent different meaning that change throughout the book. Through the firemen who burn books and where the symbol 451 on their hat is a means of destruction. 451 is on their helmets to show the degree in which paper from the book ignites. Yet at the same time, Clarisse reminds Montag about candle light, when controlled, symbolizes flickering, knowledge or self awareness. Fire can also represent censorship because the burning of books was to keep the citizens

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    Symbolism in Fahrenheit 451 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,

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    Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 uses symbolism what are important symbols in the work and how are they significant? The symbols are significant in Fahrenheit 451 because there were a lot of symbols in the book that was important they were important because they helped montag do his job.In Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury uses the symbols of a phoenix,a salamander, and the number 451 because they are all related to fire in some way. Sommers, Joseph Micheal “ The Phoenix and the firmen” The phoenix was one

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    world where asking profound questions and deep level thinking was illegal and where unequal knowledge causes unhappiness among people. Ray Bradbury takes readers on a journey through the evolution of the main character, Guy Montag, in his novel Fahrenheit 451. In this society, firemen are no longer people who save houses, but instead, they destroy them. Montag is sent to burn down homes with books held in them, as they are illegal because they are said to make people unhappy. A young girl named Clarisse

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    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

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