Symbols In Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a future where the government and technology has taken over people's life. In this future books have been banned and anyone found with a book will have their house house burned by the firemen and be thrown in jail. In the book the main character’s name is Guy Montag he is a fireman who loves his job and thinks he is happy. Until one day while he is walking home from work he meets strange girl named Clarisse. She approached and ask “are you happy” this made him think and relize that he was not happy. This one encounter change his life forever and open his eyes as to what was happening around.
In the book Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury does a excellent job of using symbolism to stress the key aspects of his story.
One of the most important uses of symbolism is when he would have a Jet planes be heard overhead before something bad happens. It was a way …show more content…
This is referred to multiply time like when Captain Beatty talks about how montage was a sheep returning to the fold. He instead of meaning it like in the bible when someone is leading he is calling montage weak in a way and that he is kind of stupid. Another point when the bile is used is at the end when Montage quotes words from the bible the talks about the tree of life and the fruit from it. This is to represent how even after tragedy life continues on and that once life ends a new one begins. He saves that qoute for when he reaches the city so he can give the survivors so hope.
In conclusion Bradbury used symbolises in the book Fahrenheit 451. He did a very good job of using it to describe things in the story. He also used it to foreshadow things like with the jets. I probably didn’t even cover half of the the symbolism that he used in this book there is just so much. Overall Bradbury was a very good job in inserting symbolism in this book and used it very
In the book Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury does a excellent job of using symbolism to stress the key aspects of his story.
One of the most important uses of symbolism is when he would have a Jet planes be heard overhead before something bad happens. It was a way …show more content…
This is referred to multiply time like when Captain Beatty talks about how montage was a sheep returning to the fold. He instead of meaning it like in the bible when someone is leading he is calling montage weak in a way and that he is kind of stupid. Another point when the bile is used is at the end when Montage quotes words from the bible the talks about the tree of life and the fruit from it. This is to represent how even after tragedy life continues on and that once life ends a new one begins. He saves that qoute for when he reaches the city so he can give the survivors so hope.
In conclusion Bradbury used symbolises in the book Fahrenheit 451. He did a very good job of using it to describe things in the story. He also used it to foreshadow things like with the jets. I probably didn’t even cover half of the the symbolism that he used in this book there is just so much. Overall Bradbury was a very good job in inserting symbolism in this book and used it very