Fahrenheit 451 uses many symbols to describe people and objects in the story. One sentence may seem like another, but what many don’t know is that there are hidden meanings in each. The author conveys these messages through the symbols in each chapter which are the phoenix, the sieve with the sand , and most of all...fire. After Montag’s city was burned, Granger related it to the phoenix bird; he says,” ...every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again” (Bradbury 156). So in this situation the phoenix represents people and them making mistakes. He’s basically saying that the bird does this because it’s natural; but people on the other hand, will learn from their mistakes and hopefully not make