To What Extent Does Ray Bradbury Use Personification To Build A Fire

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Ray Bradbury uses personification creates an accepting tone to convey that nature will overcome and eradicate mankind. Towards the end of the reading Bradbury sparks a fire in the house from a falling tree and he describe the house’s battle against the fire, “The house gave ground as the fire in ten billion angry sparks moved with flaming ease from room to room and then up the stairs.” This quote shows how angry nature is be saying “ten billion angry sparks” and using the word “angry” to convey passion or drive, also using “ten billion” show how big and strong nature is. The “sparks moved with flaming ease” show us how powerful nature is by describing how easy it was for them. Overall this quote shows us by using personification to show nature