Fire Burning Bright
In daily experiences, we use fire to do many things. For example, we use fire for cooking, keeping warmth, as light, and as a source of energy. The way we use fire in the list above is beneficial to our daily lives. But fires are also destructive, and people sometimes use it to destroy things that they don’t want. For example, we sometimes use fire to destroy evidences and corpses. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury creates different meanings and symbolism about the fire throughout the book. In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, it tells us that firemen have the duty to burn things that are unpleasant to the society, and fire is used as a destructive tool in this society. In this cases fire represents a purify tool, that firemen use to destroy contaminated things of the society. Furthermore, things like books and thoughts are the examples of things that are contamination of the society. In the book, Bradbury writes, “ It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed …playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history,â
Even though, Montag is very careful in handling the books, fire cannot be wrapped up in paper, because there is no way to concealing the truth. Captain Beatty discovers that Montag reads books. In this case fire represents truth of the society. Montag realizes that fire is used to eliminate the real society before the books were illegal, and fire itself reveals the darkness of society. Later on, as Montag begun to realize himself and starts to read the books that he has hidden, he finds out that having his house burned has became the thing he is aware of. He is afraid that his books will be burned someday, or the Mechanical Hound will hunt him down and throw him into fire. Or he may end up like that old woman who has been burned with her books. So Montag tries to be as careful as possible in handling those books he hide. From the idea above, we can tell that Ray Bradbury makes fire into many symbolisms. It represents many thoughts, and from these thoughts, we can tell how much fire means to people. In addition to my conclusion, in Fahrenheit 451 has a difference society from us. A society full of censorship, and fire
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