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Fahrenheit 451
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Symbols/Themes/Motifs
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Symbols
- Clarisse McClellan – Uniqueness and free thought
““you think too many things”, said Montag uneasily” (pg.9)
- Fire – burning books “’Do you read
any of the books you burn?’ he laughed. ‘That’s against the law.’” (Pg.8)
- Dandelion - Love ” …it’s the last of
the dandelion this year… ever heard of rubbing it under your chin… it means I am in love.” (pg. 21-22)’
- The Poem (pg.100) – A time that used to be. (poems,
literature ect.)
- The Bible – Montag’s defiance of the government
““Montag showed her a book. “this is the old and new testament, and….”” (pg. 76)
- The White Clown – Conforming to the government’s wishes “They were like a monstrous crystal chandelier
tinkling in a thousand chimes” (Pg. 93)
- The sieve and the sand – society is speeding up
and the people are beginning to forget how to slow down. “his hand were tired, the sand was boiling, and the sieve was
empty.” (pg.78)
- Flame thrower – Flame thrower – Defiance
of the government (when Montag uses it) “And then [Beatty] was a shrieking blaze… as Montag shot one continuous
pulse of liquid fire on him.” (Pg. 119)
- Suitcase – running away from government/escape
- Machine which is used to revive Mildred – The government “One of them slid down into your stomach…
it drank up all the green matter that flowed to the top in a slow boil.” (Like the way the government sucked out people’s
ability to think independently)
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Themes
- Burning “it was a pleasure to burn.” (Pg.3)
- Free thought – keeping your mind wide open “Oh, we are
most peculiar.” (Pg.10)
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Motifs
- Clarisse McClellan – Uniqueness and free thought “You think too many things”, said Montag, uneasily.”
(Pg.9)
- Mildred Montag – Guy’s loyalty to the government (The night that Guy meets Clarisse, Mildred attempts suicide;
his relationship with Mildred is fine is the beginning but it slowly goes downhill as he moves away from the government)
- Fire – Destruction of freedom “Do you read any of the books
you burn?’ He laughed. ‘That’s against the law.” (Pg.8)
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