1. Images of Fire in Fahrenheit 451
... without fire and exploits its use. Beatty states, "Fire is bright and fire is clean. " (60). Usually fire is not referred to with those adjectives. Fire can create a mess of ashes, large outbreaks, or chaos. The fact that Beatty describes fire as bright and clean shows a warped sense of what is right and what is wrong. Beatty uses fire as a destructively ... cleanse himself of those same grievances. Also, when the bomb goes off in the city, Montag and the other fugitives are thrown to the ground. However, they arise from the ashes and destruction, symbolizing a phoenix or a rebirth. Mon...
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