Fahrenheit 451
For a book written some 60 years ago the symbols and themes in Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451 are strikingly similar to that of today’s contemporary western world, which is dominated by technology and entertainment. The text uses several different symbols and themes to paint a picture of society in which people’s priorities are mixed up, where the characters are consumed by a constant bombardment of entertainment and images and given little time to deliberate on what is real and natural. The use of fire is used in a number of different ways, to present different meanings and messages. On the other hand water is a common motif in the text and is used as a cleansing device to rid Montag of the consequences of his wrongdoing. Bradbury often uses naturalises objects in an artificial way; for example the items known as ‘seashells’ are what today’s world would describe as an ‘mp3’ device and the mechanical hound is also a motif within the text whilst looking nothing like an actual......
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