Author's Note: In Language Arts class, our assignment was to choose and find a passage in the book Fahrenheit 451 that has Figurative Language and describe what’s happening in the passage and what the tone, purpose and meaning is. Below is the passage I chose to write about. Enjoy.
"Book bombarded his shoulders, his arms , his upturned face. A book lit, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings fluttering. In the dim, wavering light, a page hung open and it was like a snowy feather, the words delicately painted thereon. In all the rush and fervor, Montag had only an instant to read the line, but it blazed in his mind for the next minute as if stamped there with fiery steel. "Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine ." He dropped the book. Immediately, another fell into his arms." (page 37)
This particular passage involves a lot of symbolism. The books are like birds, they are both very delicate and both represent freedom. This passage is describing the scene where the firemen are burning down a house and Montag comes across books when the firemen are throwing them into the incinerator. The tone of this passage is curious and gives you an impression of happiness but you know there really isn't any there.
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