“Nobody listens to me. I can’t talk to the walls because they are yelling at me. I can’t talk to my wife; she listens to walls” (82). In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, protagonist Montag realizes after meeting an individual who expresses openly her thoughts and feeling, that the world around him seems shallow and mindless. Montag begins a journey of self discovery, cherishes individuality, and decides to discover his own individual ideas. Consequently, Bradbury’s novel addresses that following social norms may cause a loss of individual thinking by creatively using symbolism and figurative language, thereby illustrating how individual thought is a key to a thriving society.
To begin with, the complete contrast of personalities between Montag’s
To begin with, the complete contrast of personalities between Montag’s