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Fahrenheit 451 Knowledge Vs Ignorance Theme

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Essay Topics for the F451 essay Ms. Ene 1. Consider the theme of Knowledge vs. Ignorance and interpret the author’s message with regard to that theme. Be sure to include your understanding of the text as you envision Ray Bradbury intended the reader to make meaning of it. I think these are many times and many meanings and examples to the Knowledge vs Ignorance theme. Because the society in F451 is so different from ours, everything else is also a lot different. They don’t learn at school, which makes most of them dumb, or ignorant. Take Mildred for example, she took 30 sleeping pills and didn’t even remember that she did that! The people in the society of F451 all useless TV programs like the “family” which teaches nothing. Guy Montag says he loves to burn stuff. If you think about it, that’s pretty stupid and …show more content…

“The Hearth and the Salamander,” could refer to Montag’s life at home and at work. Montag’s whole life is about burning and the hearth and the salamander relates to his work and his home. In his house, has a hearth which has fire and that relates to his job as a fireman, and his uniform has the salamander icon which refers to his use of fire at work. The Sieve and the Sand refers to when Montag was promised a dime if he could fill a sieve with sand. Obviously, because the sieve has holes, it was impossible. Montag remembered this incident as he was on the Subway trying to memorize parts of the Bible. Burning Bright can have many meanings and I think it’s called that because of all the fire that happens in this part. Montag burns the house, kills Beatty, kills the Mechanical Hound, and the whole city is bombed. That involves a lot of fire. I also think when Montag jumped into the water, he was reborn, or new. This also happens to the mythical phoenix when it becomes old. It burns up and starts a new life. I think these are the reasons behind Bradbury’s names to the

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