Imagery In Fahrenheit 451

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One might write a book because they have a story they believe needs to be heard, others might write because they have a beautiful poem fluttering like a butterfly in their mind that must emerge and fly from lead to a blank page of paper, and then there are the people who simply write for the world could use a few measly pages of well written literature. The desperation for book in Fahrenheit 451 can easily be compared to the imagery in Burning a Book, by William Stafford. Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit451, creates a story in which books are burned quite ironically by firemen. Stafford though writes a poem about the image and feeling of a book being burned. Both passages have many similarities and differences but overall are talking about …show more content…
It is very ironic that the firemen are the ones that have been forced to burn the books in Fahrenheit 451. This is a symbol of that those we thought we could trust and those we did trust have turned against us and no can be trusted. The few that trust each other, as stated by Stafford on page 193, “are protecting each other, right in the center a few pages glow a long time.” Stafford wittingly uses this symbolism to represent the few men and women who have held on to the books and are educated in the power within their pages. Although many are burning around them they protect each other. The last example of irony is the most moving. The captain of the firemen, Beatty, is represented by a phoenix. Many who know of these mythological creatures know that when they die they are reborn from the ashes. This is a representation of when Montag must burn a house down with the woman still inside. From the ashes of the woman something was born, something not directly from the ashes but something inside Montag. From that woman’s death Montag was given an opinion. Based on what had happened he formed an opinion, which was basically unheard of. He then didn’t want to burn these people’s houses, he didn’t want to see them die, and he was granted with the gift of curiosity. He was curious of what was in books that was so important that a woman would die for
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