As Granger interprets to Montag how the mythological “Phoenix” destroys itself with fire, he also reiterates that it rises from the ashes in the line, “But every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again” (Bradbury 156). This account is intended to provide Montag with hope that a new, and better society will emerge from the ruin of imminent war. Regarding this reference Lenhoff explicates, “Granger, one of the book people Montag joins at the end of Fahrenheit 451, probably is speaking for the author when he decodes the symbol of fire one more time, by retelling the legend of the mythological bird, the Phoenix” (Lenhoff 1). These lines establish restoration as an indispensable symbolic referral to fire in the novel by illustrating society, and literature alike, will be reborn out of its
As Granger interprets to Montag how the mythological “Phoenix” destroys itself with fire, he also reiterates that it rises from the ashes in the line, “But every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again” (Bradbury 156). This account is intended to provide Montag with hope that a new, and better society will emerge from the ruin of imminent war. Regarding this reference Lenhoff explicates, “Granger, one of the book people Montag joins at the end of Fahrenheit 451, probably is speaking for the author when he decodes the symbol of fire one more time, by retelling the legend of the mythological bird, the Phoenix” (Lenhoff 1). These lines establish restoration as an indispensable symbolic referral to fire in the novel by illustrating society, and literature alike, will be reborn out of its