From the start of the book of “Fahrenheit 451,” till the end there were subtle hints of the various roles that the fire had throughout the story. In the first place, the reader sees how the firefighters used fire as a way to burn the books to keep anyone from reading them. In doing so the firefighters are not only burning the books, but also the people's opportunity to be able to independently think for their own and having a chance to flourish with knowledge of the past life. Having the books destroyed is like burning away the people’s intelligent of the previous society and letting them live in the dark for the rest of their lives. Then, as Granger is explaining the myth of the Phoenix there seems to be a symbolic meaning to being reborn
