Examples Of Imagery In Fahrenheit 451

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Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 applies vivid imagery and similes to critique society’s dependence on technology and the irreversible damage the technology does to society’s relationships. Immediately before the passage, Montag shut off the power to the walls while Mildred, Montag’s wife, and her friends were watching the television. Instantly, the women began fidgeting due to the absence of their entertainment and tension due to the silence. Bradbury’s vivid imagery conveys Mildred and her friends’ nervousness when he states, “So it was now, in his parlor, with these women twisting in their chairs under his gaze, lighting cigarettes, blowing smoke, touching their fun-fired hair and examining their blazing fingernails.”. Throughout the book,

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