Motifs in Fahrenheit 451 This is the novel Fahrenheit 451 it was written by Ray Bradbury. During the novel, Montag works with a mechanical hound. Montag is a fireman and the hound lives in the station. The hound is both dead and alive, he moves around like a normal dog although is mechanical. Bradbury uses motifs during Fahrenheit 451 to get the reader to focus on certain ideas. Some of the motifs he uses are fire, mirrors, and being both dead and alive. Throughout the novel, fire symbolizes destruction and death, yet it can also symbolize passion, comfort, and knowledge. Bradbury first shows destruction with Montag burning books. “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened,
