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SYMBOLISM & MOTIFES IN FAHRENHEIT 451
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SYMBOLISM & MOTIFES IN FAHRENHEIT 451
THE MOTIFES AND SYMBOLLISM OF FAHRENHEIT 451, BOTH BLATANT AND SUBTLE, ARE PART OF WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK SUCH AN ENDURING WORK OF LITERATURE. RAY BRADBURY'S CLASSIC WILL HOPEFULLY REMAIN A GOOD REMINDER OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO A SOCIETY WHERE CENSORSHIP HOLDS SWAY. BY GROUP VOTE, WE CHOSE THE MOTIF OF FIRE AS OUR FAVORITE.
BOOKS
"THE BOOKS ARE TO REMIND US WHAT ASSES AND FOOLS WE ARE. THEY'RE CAESAR'S PRAETORIAN GUARD, WHISPERING AS THE PARADE ROARS DOWN THE AVENUE, 'REMEMBER, CAESAR, THOU ART MORTAL'" (P. 86).
THE BOOKS EMBODY WHAT IS MISSING IN THE CULTURE OF FAHRENHEIT 451. MONTAG REALIZES SOMETHING IS WRONG, SO HE TURNS TO THE ONLY THING HE KNOWS IS GONE--BOOKS.
"DO YOU KNOW WHY BOOKS SUCH AS THIS ARE SO IMPORTANT? BECAUSE THEY HAVE QUALITY....THE GOOD WRITERS TOUCH LIFE OFTEN. THE MEDIOCRE ONES RUN A QUICK HAND OVER HER. THE BAD ONES RAPE HER AND LEAVE HER FOR THE FLIES" (P. 83).
"SO NOW DO YOU SEE WHY BOOKS ARE HATED AND FEARED? THEY SHOW THE PORES ON THE FACE OF LIFE. THE COMFORTABLE PEOPLE WANT ONLY WAX MOON FACES, PORELESS, HAIRLESS, EXPRESSIONLESS" (P. 83).
THE ENTIRE CIVILIZATION PORTRAYED IN FAHRENHEIT 451 NEEDS TO BE BURNED BEFORE IT RECOVERS. "THE WHOLE CULTURE'S SHOT THROUGH. THE SKELETON NEEDS MELTING AND RESHAPING" (PG.87). IRONICALLY, THE CITY DOES FALL TO FIRE--THE FIRE OF BOMBS.
FIRE!
MUCH FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE BOOK HAS TO DO WITH FIRE--FOR INSTANCE, ON P. 41 THE IMPULSE SPREADING THROUGH HIS EXTREMITIES IS LIKENED TO A SPARK JUMPING FROM SHOULDER BLADE TO SHOULDER BLADE. THERE ARE MANY MORE EXAMPLES LIKE THAT.