... bright and fire is clean-(Beatty 143). Fire also represents awareness. "Upon greeting the firemen, the old woman who would later burn with her books as a martyr for free thought quotes Bishop Hugh Latimer, who was burned for heresy in the 16th century, saying, "we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be ... put out- (Latimer 4). This quote rings true with Montag, who later laments, "you ever see a burnt house? It smolders for days. Well, this fire'll last me the rest of my life-(Gale 2). Fire is important for its transforming powers as w...

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... a knowledge that things also used to be better in the past. Of course, the aesthetic setting is not particularly innovative, the first novel to deal with enviromental collapse was AG Street's 1938 novel Already Walks Tomorrow. But in Ballard's fiction, things have long past the point of no return. In The Drowned World there is no hope for things to return ... ...

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... . (Wong and Fry 14) As stated before, Mildred has an addiction to her television and radio earplugs. In addition, she also does not like the idea having books in her house and does not appreciate any of the literary works that she had in her home. Thus, Mildred can be considered a conformist because she resorts to technology for comfort, rather than ... ...

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