Introduction “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them” said Joseph Brodsky, a Russian and American poet. This suggests that there is content and knowledge in books that people can’t get from other things, a theme that is echoed in Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, a book about firemen starting fires, instead of extinguishing them. In their society, they see no reason for books; instead, they burn them. At first Montag, a fireman, loves his job; however, after Montag meets Clarisse, he starts to question the value of burning books. It is Bradbury’s use of different themes in the novel--especially the overuse of mass media and devaluation of knowledge--that makes it so popular among different schools.
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For example, when the rain was falling on the house, Montag’s thoughts are stated as a metaphor: “The whole world was pouring down… all rushing down around in a spouting roar and riveting stream toward morning” (Bradbury 18). This demonstrates that his whole world is collapsing around him at once; he has no control of it. Also Montag says, “... the house jumped up into gorging flames…” (Bradbury 3). This quotes shows personification that Montag is seeing his job for what is actually is. He is starting to realize how he doesn’t like being a fireman and how cruel his job is. Also, an example of an alliteration is in the ad on the subway: “Denham’s Dentifrice, Denham’s Dentifrice Dandy Dental Detergent” (Bradbury 79). It is used as a commercial that won’t get out of people’s heads. Montag is trying to memorize a book and it is driving him crazy that people are singing it on the subway. Montag feels as though everyone in the society is annoying because they do not notice things or really have feelings. In sum, the use of figurative language emphasizes the thoughts of different characters in Fahrenheit