Fahrenheit 451 Fire Analysis

Ray Bradbury uses motifs all throughout his novel Fahrenheit 451. Some include fire, mirrors, and being both dead and alive. Although, the motif that’s being focused on here is fire. Fire is used as a motif extensively in Fahrenheit 451. It is used to represent many subjects such as destruction, life, and warmth. It’s amazing how it can be changed from something so violent to something filled with hope.

In the beginning of the book, fire was used to show destruction. It is shown by the first lines of the book, “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed.” (p.1) Montag uses fire to describe various objects, people, and subjects, seeing as his life work revolves around it. Every time he is burning something Montag goes into a soliloquy about how destructive his tool is. He goes into a trance whenever he is burning books. Once, he said that his eyes were an “orange flame with the thought of what came next” (p.1) After he meets Clarisse, Montag sees that she has a fire inside of her. He then realizes that countless other people have a different fire. Comparable to their lives, their fires within are represented differently. Montag soon, however, began to notice that life has a fire in it, too. It all changed when he met

It is used to represent many subjects such as destruction, life, and warmth. It’s amazing how it can be changed from something so violent to something filled with hope. However, in order to learn something like this, to gain a larger meaning from a tiny context, you must first learn - just as Montag did. He went through trial and error, happiness and pain, and so much more before he even began to receive a grasp on the larger picture. May we all be able to possess a larger meaning through learning. Montag accepted it the difficult way, and you have all the resources at your fingertips. Go out there and