Fire In Fahrenheit 451 Essay

In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, fire is a constant theme and is portrayed as a very influential force in society throughout the book. In the book fire is typically shown as a destructive force, for its main purpose is to burn books and burn down houses along with the books. However, fire is also seen as a constructive force to many, because people such as Mildred or her friends think that it is a good thing for the books to get destroyed. Along with this, fire can simply be a source of heat to some. Fire constantly affects the society, for it destroys things such as books, making everyone believe that they should never believe anything outside of what they are told, things such as what is inside books. This causes people to attach to …show more content…
He shows this through the symbolism of fire, and how when fire simply burns books it can demolish many other things, such as the society as a whole, as showed in many different parts of the book. Within the book Montag begins to lose interest with his job, gaining interest on things such as books, due to his new found disinterest of his job and the concept of destroying so many things with fire. Fire can have multiple different properties, It can be constructive because the fire could simply be warming. Fire can also be destructive, such as when books are set on fire along with the houses and when the city falls into flames. The destructive property of fire causes the society to crash through different things such as Montag’s new found interest in books. Using the metaphor of fire Bradbury clearly shows how fire has affected the society throughout the book with the different properties of fire. Properties such as constructive elements like a heat source or simply seeing it as a good thing and destructive elements like burning books or burning down