Fahrenheit 451 Fire And Fire Analysis

Fahrenheit 451 is about a fireman named montag.The firetruck is filled with kerosene instead of water. Instead of putting out fires they start them, they burn book because books represent a better place where they might get some ideas to make a up rising to over through the government.

At the end of the book, Montag encounters fire once more, but this one completely changes the way he sees fire. He sees the fire through the trees in the wood, and it is so small and fagile that he is “afraid he might blow the fire out with a single breath” (139). Before, he had always thought thought of fire as this powerful thing that just consumd and took. Now it was a delicate flame that could vanish any second. As he continues to look on the campfire in the cold, he sees people gathered around it. It was “a strange fire, because it meant a different thing to him. It was not burning, it was warming” (139). For the first time, Montag sees fire as a comfort. This fire was not

As Montag develops as a character, Faber becomes crucial in helping him to clarify his thoughts, and in giving him direction. Faber is the guiding force of Montag's rebellion; Clarisse was the spark that lit the fire, and Faber helped to direct that fire in a more manageable and healthy direction. As Montag strives to read books, and to understand what their meaning is, he is confused, muddled and frustrated. He senses that they are important, but can't figure out how. At one point he is so frustrated while trying to read on the subway that on a whim, he drops by Faber's house, and pleads with him, “Nobody listens anymore...I just want someone to hear what I have to say...and I want you to teach me to understand what I read.” (82) Faber's voice from then on is in his ear, through the seashell, and Faber helps to tame Montag's thoughts, guide him in the right way, and interpret life as it comes at him. Overall, Faber plays the role of mentor, strengthener, clarifier, guide, friend and conscience. He is crucial to Montag's development and shows that fire represents thinking and new insight.

As the plot presented itself, fire did also. Fire was used as a solution to get rid of society’s ills. Ills in this society include nonconformity, overflow in wisdom and knowledge, and government doubt or mistrust. They all derived from one common factor: books. Beatty claimed that without books “…all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door” (28). Books were the greatest evil, because it places ideas of controversy and critical thinking into the minds of readers. Explaining to Montag the quick fix to the trouble of books, Beatty said, “And so when houses were finally fireproofed completely, all over the world there was no longer need of firemen for the old purposes. They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind…” (28). As these issues became more and more prominent with time, something to subdue or suppress them was needed. Fire was the answer. So, in their noble position as firemen, Montag and his coworkers destroyed any detected books with fire immediately. This way, residents cannot read them and implant radical ideas. The

There are many differences in the firemen jobs between our society and the society in Fahrenheit 451. first imagining Montag’s world, you see local firemen starting the fires instead of putting them out, and supposedly that is how it’s been throughout their history. On page 6, the text states, “Clarisse said, 'is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?'“ First of all, firemen in our society don’t start the fires, they prevent them. There has never been a time where someone has called a fireman to help start a fire at their place being. And surely our society does not allow firemen to burn all our personal belongings, nor burn us with it. Montag’s Society does all of these horrible expectations and so much more. Another terrible aspect in the firemen jobs in Fahrenheit 451 is how they leave the people in the burning

Faber opens Montag's eyes to the world around him and Montag comes to see how everyone around him is in a daze and is simply not living their lives. When Montag visits Faber to inquire about books and what they contain, Faber sates "I don't talk to things. I talk to the meaning of things. I sit here and I know I'm alive" (Bradbury 71). Faber's deep knowledge of books help him see life in ways that others cannot, and Montag hopes to obatin some of this knowledge. In fact Motag craves this knoweldge. He describes the sate of life he is currently in as numb. Montag firmly believes that "the numbness will go away...It'll take time, but I'll do it, or Faber will do it for me" (Bradbury 74). He wants the clarity that comes with knowledge. Montag's new found knowledge and a want for change is easily seen in the way that his views on fire changes. This is evident when Montag is forced to burn his own home. "He burnt the bedroom walls and the cosmetics chest because he wanted to change everything, the chairs, the tables, and in the dining room the silverware and the plastic dishes, everything that showed that he had lived here in this empty house with a strange woman...And as before, it was good to burn, he felt himself gush out in the fire, snatch, rend, rip in half with flame, and put away the senseless problem. If there was no solution, well then now there was no problem, either. Fire was best

In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, fire symbolizes destruction and censorship. It symbolizes this by showing how the firemen are starting fires, and not putting them out. It states, “he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red, yellow, and black.” (Bradbury 3). In the quote it explained how he ignited a fire that burned down a house, when firefighters are supposed to be putting out fires, and not starting them. Another symbolism for fire is the censorship, on how the firemen prohibit books and no one is allowed to have or read them. In the book the firemen go out and burn the books to get rid of them, because of their false information. In the book it Montag states “like the old

We can tell that he wanted to burn his house because “He wanted to change everything, the chairs, the tables, and in the dining room the silverware and plastic dishes, everything that showed that he had lived here…” (Bradbury 116). He wanted to get rid of his old life and all memories of it. Beatty had said “Burn all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean” (Bradbury 60). Beatty told Montag that fire can be used for cleasing – just burn anything that is a problem. Ironically, Beatty is Montag’s problem, so he follows his advice and burns him. With the use of fire, Montag successfully gets rid of his previous life and Beatty, the person who controlled him before. He is having a rebirth in life.

This passage suggests that Montag realized one of them had to stop burning, and that it would have to be him. In spite of what has happened Montag finally sees the harm of fire. Montag realizes the negatives of burning "After a long time of floating on the land and a short time of floating in the river he knew why he must never burn again in his life" (Bradbury 141). This example shows why people including Montag should not burn. Overall Montag realizes the negatives of burning things and decides he needs to

Bradbury’s symbolic use of fire shifts to echo Montag’s increasing enlightenment. As he talks about his love for his job as a firefighter Montag notes that he loves “to see things blackened and change...to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history” (1). Montag enjoys the immediate satisfaction of destroying something; the change in and of itself exhilarates him. Fire represents a false sense of power because he feels he controls what he burns but in reality there are other consequences. It symbolizes a blind power for destruction and change since Montag never looks to repercussions.

Fire is the most important symbol of Fahrenheit 451 standing for life, rebirth, and destruction. In the beginning of the book Montag talks about how beautiful the fire is, even as it destroys thousands of books and the house. Fire is the constant symbol used throughout the book. It is even used in the title Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper burns.

Fire: The Creation or Destruction of Fahrenheit 451 “It was a pleasure to burn”(1). Usually when you think of fire you picture a warm bonfire that protects you from the bitter cold, but in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, fire is portrayed as a device of destruction. Fire is a very important part of Fahrenheit 451, it is used to symbolize many things.

Beatty speaks so passionately about Clarisse because he is respectful and takes note of Clarisse.

In the book fahrenheit 451 they mention burning I think it’s a way of showing how we censor things in this day and age.

At the start of “Fahrenheit 451”, one huge characteristic of Montag is that he has a smile that is plastered on his face, just like everyone else. This is a big part because this changes the most throughout the story. Also I know this because Guy actually explains, ”Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame […] Later, going to sleep, he would feel the fiery smile still gripped by his face muscles” (pg 8). Later in the book, after changing a lot he even realizes that he never been happy and says ”the smile I had plastered on my face […]” (133 ). This evidence is showing that his smile wasn't really his, for it was more like a mask. Secondly, Guy Montag is the stereotype of a fireman in this dystopian/utopian society. The stereotype of a fireman in this book is a man who finds absolute maniacal happiness from burning everything (mainly books), and a fireman is usually quick to hate and doesn't give a single thought to what they burn. One piece of evidence comes from page 7 where he tells the reader, ”It was a special pleasure to see things be eaten, to see things blackened and changed.”( 7). After just the few first pages you can see Montag is quite childish, and I say childish as in he is arguing even though he may not have the answer. Lastly he gets mad very easily as you can see at page 12, and 14 where he only yells what he thinks without thinking about it. He even gets mad at Clarisse for asking simple questions out of curiosity, like when she asks Montag “Are you happy?”