Power may always seem like a good thing but power may also be limiting. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, a lot of the symbols have the same meaning. They symbolize, both, power and limitation. With every great thing there is a downfall and that is exactly what happened with all of the symbols in the book.
The symbol that stands out the most in the book is fire. The fire gives power to conformity and censorship. The people feel powerful destroying their problems with fire. The society that this book takes place in is very lazy and useless, by using fire they feel like they are doing something and have a purpose. Fire empowers the people, but beyond the people, the fire is very powerful itself. Fire destroys the whole society. It takes away education, communication and happiness. This makes fire very powerful, while at the …show more content…
They have the power to control the society. The parlor was able to get thousands of people to walk outside and look for Montag. They hypnotize the society and the people can’t get out. The parlor has the power of conformity. The parlor does have a lot of power and it is apparent in our world right now. “I think of her hands but I don’t see them doing anything at all. They just hang there at her sides or they lie there…” (149) They parlor walls are a symbol of limitation because they take away individuality. Everyone just watches TV and does nothing. It really gives no one’s life purpose. Nobody cares when you die because the parlor walls limited them from doing anything. The parlor walls are more important than actual people and that is power and limitation at the same time.
The symbols all showed power and limitation in the society. They all controlled something while at the same time held the society back. They seemed like great things yet they were ruinous at the same time. The conformity and censorship in the society has caused so much limitation and a lot of false
The symbol that stands out the most in the book is fire. The fire gives power to conformity and censorship. The people feel powerful destroying their problems with fire. The society that this book takes place in is very lazy and useless, by using fire they feel like they are doing something and have a purpose. Fire empowers the people, but beyond the people, the fire is very powerful itself. Fire destroys the whole society. It takes away education, communication and happiness. This makes fire very powerful, while at the …show more content…
They have the power to control the society. The parlor was able to get thousands of people to walk outside and look for Montag. They hypnotize the society and the people can’t get out. The parlor has the power of conformity. The parlor does have a lot of power and it is apparent in our world right now. “I think of her hands but I don’t see them doing anything at all. They just hang there at her sides or they lie there…” (149) They parlor walls are a symbol of limitation because they take away individuality. Everyone just watches TV and does nothing. It really gives no one’s life purpose. Nobody cares when you die because the parlor walls limited them from doing anything. The parlor walls are more important than actual people and that is power and limitation at the same time.
The symbols all showed power and limitation in the society. They all controlled something while at the same time held the society back. They seemed like great things yet they were ruinous at the same time. The conformity and censorship in the society has caused so much limitation and a lot of false