Jed Galindo English 101: Composition B Ms. Colon 15 March 2024 F451 / TOGI Synthesis In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones, the symbolic journey of the main characters in both books, Guy Montag and Lewis Clarke, trying to find their place in society after leaving the societies that they had known for so long. Bound by tragedy, but trying to move on from these traumatic events in an attempt to live a normal life with a fulfilled sense of identity and individuality. In this struggle of finding this sense of individuality in society, both Montag and Lewis act as a blueprint for the readers to see themselves in. Lewis and Montag are first introduced to the reader as simple people trying to make their
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But what else? What else is there to do? Something, something....” (158) The symbolic resolution of the book is that Montag is pondering about the future of his life and society. But it is also symbolic that Montag is in deep thought, thinking. Something that the Fahrenheit society was seemingly incapable of, due to the fire for humanity’s passion for learning and knowledge dashed after books were banned. Continuing with Lewis, after the murder of Ricky, the spirit of the elk that didn’t die would try to drive Lewis insane, through who he believed to be possessed by the spirit of the elk, Shaney. Elevating the fear of insanity, and the ones he cares about getting hurt, would unfortunately become true as Shaney and Peta die sudden and gruesome deaths. Lewis then, in a disturbing manner, cuts into Peta’s corpse and finds that she had been carrying an elk calf. “He just has to get her home, to the land she knows, to the grass she remembers. “He’ll watch her grow for the rest of the year, keep the coyotes and wolves and bears away, and, when she can, he’ll let her go on her own, stand there crying from sadness, from happiness. And then it’ll all be over. Indian stories always hoop back on themselves like that, don't
But what else? What else is there to do? Something, something....” (158) The symbolic resolution of the book is that Montag is pondering about the future of his life and society. But it is also symbolic that Montag is in deep thought, thinking. Something that the Fahrenheit society was seemingly incapable of, due to the fire for humanity’s passion for learning and knowledge dashed after books were banned. Continuing with Lewis, after the murder of Ricky, the spirit of the elk that didn’t die would try to drive Lewis insane, through who he believed to be possessed by the spirit of the elk, Shaney. Elevating the fear of insanity, and the ones he cares about getting hurt, would unfortunately become true as Shaney and Peta die sudden and gruesome deaths. Lewis then, in a disturbing manner, cuts into Peta’s corpse and finds that she had been carrying an elk calf. “He just has to get her home, to the land she knows, to the grass she remembers. “He’ll watch her grow for the rest of the year, keep the coyotes and wolves and bears away, and, when she can, he’ll let her go on her own, stand there crying from sadness, from happiness. And then it’ll all be over. Indian stories always hoop back on themselves like that, don't