Fahrenheit 451: The Hope Of The Phoenix :: essays research papers

Fahrenheit 451 The Hope of the PhoenixThe word phoenix had symbolize immortality, tho for the people in Fahrenheit451, their only hope was that the phoenix would be burn out, and be reborn again.The myth of the phoenix gave optimism to the life of Montag, to the books, andto the demesne of Fahrenheit 451. The humanity was now dying, and nobody seemed tocare, because the government had brainwashed the people. It was a situation,where non only the brave, unless the ones who can think for themselves, who can cooperate break the governments control.     The life Montag had been a bumpy road. He thought he had a good life,because he enjoyed his job, and was happy. Soon Montag discovered that he was non happy at all, and that his life was nothing. His married woman Mildred did not lovehim at all, and his only friend (that he could remember) Clarisse died in a carcrash. every last(predicate) of sudden, he was not happy, moreover he did not know why. He thoughtmay be because his wife had pulled the fire alarm on him, but really it was hedid not love her at all. "Its strange, I dont strike down her at all(155)" Montaghad uncertainly astir(predicate) his marriage, because marriage was suppose to be bondedwith love, but with his marriage love was extinct and nowhere to be seen. Hislife had died, when his wife Mildred pulled the alarm and had told the firementhat Montag had books. To Montag, the books was homogeneous a sweet piece of candy.He did not know why he liked them, but he unendingly wanted more. But when CaptainBeatty forced Montag to burn his own house, Montags understanding had died, but thenresurrected. His life which was suppose to be happy was earnest right in frontof his eyes. How ironic, that Montag was a fireman himself but like the phoenix,Montag rose from his own ashes. Montag was now reborn, because he knew his lifewas wrong, and that the world was wrong. He did not know why it was wrong, buthe knew that he had t o do something about it. He started that by burningCaptain Beatty into "a charred rear doll(119)". Montag now had the feeling ofhope, not much since he believed he could not do anything. But Montag had nowbroken the control of the government and was development the books as his aid.How ironic, in the real world, people were always talking about how peoplewasted paper, which mean wasting trees, but in the world of