Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

Symbolism
1. Fire
  1. destruction
    1. book burning
    2. "it was a pleasure to burn"
  2. refinement
    1. the pheonix
    2. society being blown up
  3. passion
    1. "burning bright"
    2. new found passion for books and real happiness
  4. "guiding light"
    1. Clarisse
    2. "the strangely comfortable and rare light of the candle"
2. water/river
  1. cleansing
    1. cleansing himself of his old life after burning it
  2. baptism
    1. recognised his mistakes in his past and wanted to be made anew
  3. new life
    1. burnt his old life and then perused a new one
3. animal imagery
  1. ironic lack of nature
    1. no real animals until Montag sees the deer in the river
  2. how society had changed nature to be beneficial to them
    1. the hound
Guy Montag
1. The Hearth and the Salamander
  1. Montag had thought he was happy in his society
    1. "It was a pleasure to burn"
  2. He meets Clarisse and has his anagnoris
    1. "he wore his happiness like a mask"
  3. Realises that no one is happy and tries to find what can help him
    1. "We have everything we need to happy. But we aren't. something's missing.... I thought books would help"
2. The Sieve and the sand
  1. In persual of books, we meet Faber
    1. Faber: Character foil to Beatty
      1. Faber: "Those who don't build must burn"
      2. Beatty: "A book is a loaded gun"
  2. He tries to share his knowledge with society but they refuse to believe it
    1. Plato's allegory of the cave
3. Burning Bright
  1. Burns his old life after being prosecuted by society for trying to share knowledge
    1. Quite literally: burns house and even Beatty
      1. One of "Burning Bright" possible meanings/symbol
  2. Reborn in the river
    1. Symbolises new life
  3. Joins scholars who await to rebuild society
    1. like a Phoenix rising up from the ashes

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