Theme Of Foreshadowing In Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury talks about the fierceness of the firemen during the first 2 pages of the novel. He mentions of them igniting flames to burn books instead of relinquishing them in our dimension. This is the first indication of how Fahrenheit 451 does not take place in our current time. Montag, the main character as introduced a little while back, is shown to be one of these aberrant firemen that smile that fierce grin. Although, the section of the passage mentioning, “as long as he remembered” is foreshadowing the evident decline of his fiery