Fahrenheit 451: Final Toughts

     Wow! I can't believe I'm finally done with this novel. I have to say that I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected. I especially like Ray Bradbury's writing style. His use of  figurative language and allusions really engaged me the novel and made it so easy for me to put myself in the place of Montag.
     At one point, when Granger was talking to Montag he brought up something I was familiar with. Granger said, "There was a silly bird called a Pheonix back before Christ, every few hundred years he built a pyre and burned himself up. He must have been a cousin to Man. But every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again" (156).
     This reference to the mythological Phoenix helps Bradbury get his point across to the reader. he is saying that humans make the same mistakes over and over, expecting good results. The Phoenix reference helped me make a connection and understand it better.
     If you are having trouble understanding the allusion, watch this video of a Phoenix dying and being reborn: