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fahrenheit 451
ok..so supposdely the characters in this book when, they're on fire, the fire is a certain color or something? and it symbolizes something?
does anyone know?
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i have a big english test
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It's been a while since I've read 451, but if I recall correctly, the fire wasn't colored anything special, although the possible interpretations of the fire itself are innumberable and varied.
Keep in mind that anything can represent anything. You COULD say the fire represents Gui Montag's burning guilt, since for the greater part of his life he helped contribute to the problem instead of fixing it. There are no "right" or "wrong" answers, really, so long as you can explain yourself and support your arguement well. Teachers tend to give these types of questions not to see if students are paying attention (Fact-checking), but more to test their ability to pick out symbolism and explain it rationally (Critical thinking). This is especially true in AP/Honors classes.
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the fire color itself doesn't symbolize anything. the fire does represent the burning of knowledge in order to promote/keep ignorance about the past and history this way people don't rebel against the laws made now. it's more symbolic that the books are burning than anything else because it's the books that have history in them and that's whats keeping the people ignorant.
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