Symbolic Significance of Hands in Fahrenheit 451

In a dystopian society, every slight action, every move of the hand counts. As show In Fahrenheit 451 through symbolism act of the hand has a lot of meaning. In Fahrenheit 451 hands symbolize man's actions, activities; and control.
"It doesn't matter what you do he said, as long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you when you take your hands away." This quote is trying to say that your interactions with anything should be done in a way that you leave a piece of you behind; like when writing a paper it should express you and your personality through it.Granger, leader of the book people, says this to Guy Montag in an attempt to help him once he began to mourn for Milly.

"So it was the hand that started it all... His hands had been infected, and soon it would be his arms... His hands were ravenous." This quote is being used to show and support that Guy Montag's hands had a mind of there own and moved without his consent. But once again his hands were instead acting out in response his inner desire to read the books, which allowed him to eventually break free of the routine everyone followed. This I feel shows that no man or woman truly has full control over their actions, but more so fall fall victim to their inner desires and curiosity.
"Wait" said Granger. "And move downstream a little ways just in case."... The other men helped, and Montag helped, and there, in the wilderness, the men all moved their hands putting out the fire." This quote is from Granger, and I feel it shows that not only do hands move in accordance to an impulse or response. But rather it shows that by choice we as people can choose to use our hands to control and prevent situations; much like how the men chose to use their hands to smother the fire.
These three quotes though different in context and situation all share a similar meaning, which is that by the hand we can have control. Man's actions and activities also stand to decide whether or not we have control, because all of us get ravenous hands at times. In Fahrenheit 451, hands stand as a symbol of what man can do, will do, and has done, either willingly or instinctively.