Fahrenheit 451: Themes

“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” 
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

• Censorship: Through the book there is a clear reference of censorship that is not only about the books but also censorship to knowledge and that is something that Radbury wanted to make clear for the reader. First of all he states that books were actually boring for people so thats why they started burning them but he also says that books produce envy and thats why knowledge creates danger between the people. 

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• Knowledge/Ignorance:  As said before these two themes are very important to the evolution of the book, so the fireman’s duty is to destroy knowledge and promote ignorance in order to equalize the population and promote sameness. 

Bibliografia: 

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/451/themes.html

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1272463-fahrenheit-451

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/f/fahrenheit-451/book-summary

Fahrenheit 451: Symbols

“You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon, last night. The others would never do that. The others would walk off and leave me talking. Or threaten me. No one has time any more for anyone else. You're one of the few who put up with me. That's why I think it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you, somehow.” 

― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 

• Blood: Through the book the blood appears as "symbol of a human beings repressed soul or primal, instinctive self." The main character feels that his ideas and revolutionary thoughts are circulating through the blood, on the other hand for other characters the blood means somthing different, for example Montags (the main character) wife that  is refered as "her poisoned, replaceable blood signifies the empty lifelessness of Mildred and the countless others like her."

• The Hearth and the Salamander: the hearth is a symbol of home so is the fire that heats up the home and the salamander because of ancient beliefs that it lives in fire and is unaffected by flames.

• The Sieve and the Sand: the sand is a symbol of the tangible truth Montag seeks, and the sieve the human mind seeking a truth that remains elusive and, the metaphor suggests, impossible to grasp in any permanent way.

• The Phoenix: the symbol of the phoenix that burns itself up and then rises out of its ashes over and over again means the collective rebirth of humankind but also to Montag’s spiritual resurrection.

• Mirrors: The mirrors in the book refers as a way of self-understanding and seeing their own-selfs clearly showing who we truly are. 

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