What Is The Fire In Fahrenheit 451

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Fahrenheit 451: Fire is the symbol of rebirth in the novel. Guy Montag runs away from the tracking dog and the trouble he created from his rebellious self. Guy is still in his clothes when he jumps into the river but quickly changes into clothes he got from Faber when his is in the river. At a point, he is at another point of the river far away from his “home”. The river was like the baptism element because when he got out, he was stripped away his past self to be cleansed with a “new” start/life as he is on the other side of the river. Guy is now free from the strict-power government as he is granted with a new life to

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