Fahrenheit 451 Fire Analysis

Fahrenheit 451 is a novel inanimate object that serves important purposes that tie into the theme of the book. Fire is one of many inanimate objects in this novel. Fire in Fahrenheit 451 is an inanimate objects with many purposes that change as the story goes on that also tie into the story. At the beginning fire is used to burn the books inside of house that weren't supposed to be there in the first place. They haven't only burned the books, but they also burnt all of the items inside the house. The actual house didn't go up in flames because it has a flame proof coating on it that prevents it from being destroyed. As Montog said at the opening of the book “ the great Python spitting venomous kerosene upon the world.” (Bradberry 1). Even though fires main purpose was to destroy it also brought the firemen pleasure. They thought that it was amazing and beautiful to see things go up in a blaze and the evening sky burned with red yellow and black. …show more content…
It has gone from destruction to pleasure to comfort. At the end of the book Montog is in the chase of his life running from the mechanical hound to not stick him and kill him by lethal injection. Montog steps out of the river to see this group of people near a fire and had a small tv that they were watching the chase on. Montog was cold, so he sat be the fire where the tv was and when they clicked it on he saw that the hound was going in the direction towards the town and this brought him relief. Then he was told that they weren't going after him anymore and that they weren't going to end the live broadcasted chase as a failure so they find another guy that they had been keeping track of and they killed him instead and called him Montog. This brought him shock and sadness but also comfort that he was safe. Then a atomic bomb came and killed everyone in the city, but Montog and the other go back to help rebuild and help the