Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Fahrenheit 451 - Symbolism Pt 2

Since I could not fit all this crazy symbolism in just one mere post I simply had to create a new one. So I will jump right in to it I guess. The next thing I felt was symbolic was Clarisse, I think she was meant to represent everyones inner child as well as our instincts. Many people forget that humans were not made to live in skyscrapers and high rises. But rather out in the jungle or the forest. Our natural instincts are to live with nature in harmony enjoying it's beauty, not trashing it and shaping it. With Clarisse's simple child like nature she show Guy that he has forgotten his instincts and gotten to accustomed to city life. Mildred represents those in life who have been completely and utterly fooled by the government in to believing their lies. Mildred believes in the government so much that she reports her own husband simply for having books. Abandons her life and decides that the government is more important to her than her marriage, which was a pretty cruddy to being with, is more important. Lastly I think Guy is supposed to represent not the majority of people as most people will be like Mildred. But rather the minority, those hwo feel that even though their whole life has been this way something is a miss. Something is simply not right. Humans were not meant to live this way, their mind should be tested and tried every day not melted. Guy by changing his beliefs and life is showing how some people will realize what is wrong and will do everything for the simply pursuit of knowledge, something that we may all take for granted. Fahrenheit 451 has more symbolism than I ever would have imagined in a book of it's length. Maybe I am reading to far in to it but I think Ray Bradbury meant for the novel to be so easy to apply to anyone's situation.

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