Fahrenheit 451

This section is required. Guy Montag as an Anti-Hero An antihero is: a literary character who does not conspicuously embody any value system except his own private one (which is frequently in conict with that of his society). At most, the antihero may be something of arebel, but a rebel without much of a cause other than his own self-interest. Protagonist with whom the audience identifies but cannot and does not display the characteristics of a hero. Often the \"person on the street\" who is brought into conict through usual or unusual circumstances. 8/ he contends with challenges in a non-heroic manner. Often weak/ vulnerable. Often portrayed as someone ostracized or separated from ordinary social norms; His/ her moral character or worldview dictates and demonstrates an inner strength. Think about Guy's moral system: how does it conict with what his wife feels? His boss? With what society feels? 2) What makes Guy an antihero instead of just a \"hero\"? Use text to support your ideas. . . . Symbolism of Fire: Fire is a prominent symbol in Fahrenheit 451. Using two (or more) of the quotes below and explain how the symbolic meaning of fire has changed throughout the novel. "It was a pleasure to burn" (1). "We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon" (55). "They are so confident that they will run on forever. But they won't run on. They don't know that this is all one huge big blazing meteor that makes a pretty fire in space, but that someday it'll have to hit" (99) "Now, Montag, you're a burden. And fire will lift you off my shoulders, clean, quick, sure; nothing to rot later. Antibiotic, aesthetic, practical" (109). "It was not burning, it was warming. He saw many hands held to its warmth, hands without arms, hidden in darkness. Above the hands, motionless faces that were only moved and tossed and flickered with firelight. He hadn't known fire could look this way. He had never thought in his life that it could give as well as take" (139). In a brief paragraph, explain how Bradbury created fire as a symbol in the novel. How has the symbol changed throughout the text