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Examples Of Syntax In Fahrenheit 451

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Bradbury uses simple, choppy sentences and phrases to reflect the nature of the society we’ve been pulled into. This is a world that jumps around quickly moving from one event and stimuli to the next. His chosen syntax is deliberating and slyly integrating us into his vision. The repetition of the phrase “to see things” emphasizes his desire to show the reader how fascinated the main character is by the transformation of objects that are on fire. He doesn’t come out and explicitly say this is what the world is like, but by using italics for the word “changed” he hints that this is a place unlike the world with which we are familiar. We learn that Montag appears to love his work. The metaphor of the conductor makes Montag look like an artist
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