In many stories, strong words and phrases are used to gain the attention of people’s interests. For example, the story Fahrenheit 451 mentions contents of the term “Power of Words” such as provoke and inspire. Ray Bradbury uses these types of quotes to give the readers different types of emotions when reading the story. Fahrenheit 451 shows people a society in which people are being provoked and inspired by the people around them. Provocation and inspiration are two powerful words that indicate change which are mentioned in the novel Fahrenheit 451. Some words in Fahrenheit 451 might have a positive or negative meaning which could cause somebody in the story being provoked or inspired. Sometimes some actions and decisions that characters in Fahrenheit 451 make may end up …show more content…
For example, in the novel Fahrenheit 451 Montag states, “I thought about all the kerosene I’ve used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books — And I’d never even thought that thought before” (Bradbury 49). For instance, this shows that Mrs. Blakes dedication to staying with her books to the death was a inspiration to Montag, since he now thinks about them more than ever. Sometimes a character in a story for example Fahrenheit 451, may end up provoking another character by doing an action or saying something in a negative way. For instance, in the novel Fahrenheit 451 Montag states, “Beatty had wanted to die. He had just stood there, not really trying to save himself, just stood there, joking,