Fahrenheit 451 is an acclaimed and even controversial novel written by Ray Bradbury. A science fiction story which depicts a possible future in which literature is dying away to the point where it's illegal to even posses any form of literature; such as books, magazines, poetry etc. In order for the government to maintain this systematic literature based oppression, they have firemen in place, who job is to burn any form of literature they find, and also arrest the possessors of set literature. As you can imagine fire is used rather frequently throughout the passage, frequently enough to be considered a motif or symbol that's quite widespread throughout the text. Bradbury has inserted numerous reoccurring symbols in Fahrenheit 451, but the
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Page 33 mentions the word "bomber" in the context of the passage, but as mentioned previously this is more of a reminder of sorts, "The bombers crossed the sky and crossed the sky over the house." On page 6 bombers are also mentioned as well in the same type of pretense. Montag notices these bombers, but they really serve no purpose to him or the other characters other than a constant reminder that there is a war going on outside of where he resides in the novel. Bradbury repeats the word bombers and or bomb over and over again which makes one question if it was a purposeful motif. The most drastic change in the view of the bombers is on pages 73 and 74. Montag and his group of professors are leaving the campsite when all of a sudden the city is bombed by bombers overhead. The city is destroyed, fire and destruction everywhere, but that's when Montag and the reader thinks about the specific passage Montag has memorized, which was the Book of Ecclesiastes. This is the story of literal resurrection, specifically speaking to the ideology of death before life. Montag and the professors speak to this, commenting that this was their chance of reviving literature in society, in a metaphorical pretense they now have a clean slate, in which they can commence their
Page 33 mentions the word "bomber" in the context of the passage, but as mentioned previously this is more of a reminder of sorts, "The bombers crossed the sky and crossed the sky over the house." On page 6 bombers are also mentioned as well in the same type of pretense. Montag notices these bombers, but they really serve no purpose to him or the other characters other than a constant reminder that there is a war going on outside of where he resides in the novel. Bradbury repeats the word bombers and or bomb over and over again which makes one question if it was a purposeful motif. The most drastic change in the view of the bombers is on pages 73 and 74. Montag and his group of professors are leaving the campsite when all of a sudden the city is bombed by bombers overhead. The city is destroyed, fire and destruction everywhere, but that's when Montag and the reader thinks about the specific passage Montag has memorized, which was the Book of Ecclesiastes. This is the story of literal resurrection, specifically speaking to the ideology of death before life. Montag and the professors speak to this, commenting that this was their chance of reviving literature in society, in a metaphorical pretense they now have a clean slate, in which they can commence their