In the novel Fahrenheit 451, no one is allowed to have books. Firefighters are there to burn and remove all books from the possession of the owners. One might ask when the method of burning books actually started and if you do just a slight bit of research you will find out that people have been burning books almost since the beginning of time. Banning of books has also been a practice that has lasted for many years. The symbolism of burning and banning books represents that the people want access to information are denied free access to whatever type of information they want. Without the banning of books, people would be able to read about anything they wish. The banning of books also gives the idea that people are only allowed the knowledge
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In the final chapter, Montag’s house has been burnt down and his life has taken a major detour. His wife, Mildred, has betrayed him and has called the authorities to alert them of the books Guy has kept in his home. When that happens, the firefighters come and burn down his house leaving him with nothing. After he kills Beatty, Montag goes on the run. This is the start of the new Montag. This starts the beginning of the Montag we have wanted to see all throughout the book as he is going through all these transformations throughout the book. The Burning Bright chapter also has other symbolic meanings. One of them is fire. Fire itself, like in the other previous chapters, has multiple meanings. The meanings fire takes on in this final chapter are right v. wrong, birth, negativity, and also to life. Beginning with the meaning of right v. wrong, you can see this when Montag talks about the family in the parlor. He doesn’t like that Mildred spends so much time with them and is always asking her if the family on the walls really loves her or has any emotions towards her like he does. Fire is sometimes referred to as a flower, which can be seen as a symbol of birth. Every year during the spring time when all the new flowers are sprouting and new animal babies are being born, there is the idea that new life is all around. But when the fire destroys the flowers, it is symbolic. Fire is symbolic in a negative way when Montag kills Beatty. Montag burns him and he describes him lying on the sidewalk dying. This is the one time when fire is seen in a negative light. The other times the fire is destroying things it is seen as good because this is for the betterment of the society and because people aren’t supposed to have books in the first place. But when he kills Beatty that is not something that is a good thing to happen. This is when things start to turn and this is the one time
In the final chapter, Montag’s house has been burnt down and his life has taken a major detour. His wife, Mildred, has betrayed him and has called the authorities to alert them of the books Guy has kept in his home. When that happens, the firefighters come and burn down his house leaving him with nothing. After he kills Beatty, Montag goes on the run. This is the start of the new Montag. This starts the beginning of the Montag we have wanted to see all throughout the book as he is going through all these transformations throughout the book. The Burning Bright chapter also has other symbolic meanings. One of them is fire. Fire itself, like in the other previous chapters, has multiple meanings. The meanings fire takes on in this final chapter are right v. wrong, birth, negativity, and also to life. Beginning with the meaning of right v. wrong, you can see this when Montag talks about the family in the parlor. He doesn’t like that Mildred spends so much time with them and is always asking her if the family on the walls really loves her or has any emotions towards her like he does. Fire is sometimes referred to as a flower, which can be seen as a symbol of birth. Every year during the spring time when all the new flowers are sprouting and new animal babies are being born, there is the idea that new life is all around. But when the fire destroys the flowers, it is symbolic. Fire is symbolic in a negative way when Montag kills Beatty. Montag burns him and he describes him lying on the sidewalk dying. This is the one time when fire is seen in a negative light. The other times the fire is destroying things it is seen as good because this is for the betterment of the society and because people aren’t supposed to have books in the first place. But when he kills Beatty that is not something that is a good thing to happen. This is when things start to turn and this is the one time