Fahrenheit This book is about the future which books aren’t aloud. Ray Bradbury, in this book, Fahrenheit 451, uses symbolism to show that fire represents madness, destruction, and pain. Initially, fire can represent madness. Madness can be shown on page 38, it says: “Your leaving her here?” “She won’t come.” “Force her then!” It represents madness because they were trying to force the woman out of her house before the house burns down. In addition, …showed first 75 words of 276 total…

…showed last 75 words of 276 total…was running out of time because he kept on trying to get her out of the house--- but she kept on refusing--- before it was up in flames. In addition she died. In conclusion fire represents madness, destruction, and pain. Bradbury shows the importance of this symbol through the book. He talks a lot about fire because that is pretty much what the book is about. Fahrenheit 451 means the temperature at which book are burned.