Symbolism in Fahrenheit 451 In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Bradbury uses fire as a symbol to convey society, through what it means to Montag, and how fire symbolizes destruction and renewal. At first, Montag loves to burn anything and then near the end of the novel he finds that fire can be both destructive and a sign of renewal. Symbolism is “Symbolism can take different forms. Generally, it is an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant. Sometimes, however, an action, an event or a word spoken by someone may have a symbolic value. For instance, “smile” is a symbol of friendship. Similarly, the action of someone smiling at you may stand as a symbol of the feeling of
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After a while though Montag begins to not like burning books so much and collects some books from a woman’s house they had tried to burn. Montag being interested in these books he has collected over time goes to a man named Faber, a retired English professor, to find out how to know what books mean that he reads. As Montag begins to change in personality he lets it slip to his wife’s friends about one of his books and both his wife and her friends tell on him. After they tell on him the firemen come to his house to get Montag and set his house on fire, but Montag is able to run away from them in time to reach Faber and tell him what happened and Montag sets off to find the group of people in the outskirts of the town. When he finally makes it he is greeted by Granger and the whole group in the end of the story decide to set out to help the world in any way they can.
In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury shows the reader what fire means to Montag at first. “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changes.”(Bradbury 1). In this part of the story, Bradbury conveys Montag as a character who loves to burn books. Montag is shown as being just as brainwashed as the others in his society. All of the Characters in the time period of the book all believe books are bad and should be …show more content…
“Every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again.”(Bradbury 156). In the story Granger tells Montag what a phoenix symbolizes, destruction and renewal of fire. Montag begins to have an understanding of fire and how it is not as destructive as he had once thought. This shows also how in society there is destruction and renewal, such as when scientist find out something that goes against many people’s beliefs. The people do not want to believe it at first, but then somehow in the end the belief finds its way into society’s
After a while though Montag begins to not like burning books so much and collects some books from a woman’s house they had tried to burn. Montag being interested in these books he has collected over time goes to a man named Faber, a retired English professor, to find out how to know what books mean that he reads. As Montag begins to change in personality he lets it slip to his wife’s friends about one of his books and both his wife and her friends tell on him. After they tell on him the firemen come to his house to get Montag and set his house on fire, but Montag is able to run away from them in time to reach Faber and tell him what happened and Montag sets off to find the group of people in the outskirts of the town. When he finally makes it he is greeted by Granger and the whole group in the end of the story decide to set out to help the world in any way they can.
In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury shows the reader what fire means to Montag at first. “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changes.”(Bradbury 1). In this part of the story, Bradbury conveys Montag as a character who loves to burn books. Montag is shown as being just as brainwashed as the others in his society. All of the Characters in the time period of the book all believe books are bad and should be …show more content…
“Every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again.”(Bradbury 156). In the story Granger tells Montag what a phoenix symbolizes, destruction and renewal of fire. Montag begins to have an understanding of fire and how it is not as destructive as he had once thought. This shows also how in society there is destruction and renewal, such as when scientist find out something that goes against many people’s beliefs. The people do not want to believe it at first, but then somehow in the end the belief finds its way into society’s