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Rage against the Dying of the Light.
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Rage against the Dying of the Light Julia Cattrall Sophomore Honors English A Mrs. Bumpus: 1st Period Throughout Fahrenheit 451, an operative theme is biological versus technological capacity to function as a part of a futuristic society. At the exposition of the plot, Bradbury uses Clarisse as a symbol of nature to allow Montag to gain an awareness of social ills. To emphasize the contrast between the living and the functioning, Ray Bradbury draws correlations between the natural and artificial worlds that surround Guy Montag. He also sets Montag's view of the rebirth of modern civilization in a forest, symbolizing the role of nature in Montag's shift in ideology. Bradbury's use of nature as a symbol and theme in Fahrenheit 451 is both effective and compelling. "Bet I know something else you don't. There's dew on the grass in the morning...And if you look, there's a man in the moon," (13) These were some of...
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