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ahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic novel, taking the reader to a time where

books and thinking are outlawed. In a time so dreadful where those who want to better

themselves by thinking, and by reading are outlaws as well. Books and ideas are

burned, books are burned physically, where as ideas are burned from the mind.

Bradbury uses literary devices, such as symbolism, but it is the idea he wants to

convey that makes this novel so devastating. Bradbury warns us of what may happen if

we stop expressing our ideas, and we let people take away our books, and thoughts.

Bradbury notices what has been going on in the world, with regards to censorship, and

book burning in Germany, and McCarthyism in America. That is what he is speaking out

against. Bradbury is also a very symbolic writer, he incorporates symbolism into his

book. Bradbury's use of symbolism throughout the novel makes the book moving and

powerful by using symbolism to reinforce the ideas of anti-censorship.

The Hearth and the Salamander, the title of part one, is the first example of symbolism.

The title suggests two things having to do with fire, the hearth is a source of warmth

and goodness, showing the positive, no

burning books. They are memorizing the books, and passing them along by word of

Approximate Word count = 1288
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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