Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, has many moments referring to and representing Plato’s allegory of the cave. When skimming over the pages of the book, these things may seem useless to the storyline, but once the reader looks into the context, it can be seen that they have a subtle or even great meaning to the novel. Whether it’s something small, such as a mistake made by a minor character, or something big, like a main character like Professor Faber or Captain Beatty. Nearly everything in this novel has a purpose, whether it’s to represent, or to make the reader overthink. Understanding what is and what isn’t relevant to the storyline isn’t always easy with Bradbury’s novel, since most objects and people have an underlying importance