Theme , symbol and motifs

Themes, symbols, motifs

Theme: ignorance

Theme: Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.

This is how they achieve to control the society in Fahrenheit 451, by promoting ignorance. In the reader this creates frustration, at least in me, because they are destroying the work of many years of people that is so valuable; it's like the society is moving backwards.

http://www.recoveringgrace.org/2015/03/ignorance-is-not-bliss/ 

The audience of this text is adults. In it, there is man that can not see because his eyes are covered with a white ribbon that says ignorance. This symbolizes that ignorance doesn't let people to really see what is in front of them. It has a critical tone, the effect ignorance has in society here is shown in a really concrete and easy way to understand. In this image, the message is conveyed because of the fact that it is simple but at the same time it has a really deep meaning. It has a plane and unicolor background without details and this makes the reader to focus all the attention on the person in the center.

Symbol: Fire

Symbol:  Symbols are objects, characters, figures, and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. 

http://www.irkitated.com/2014/07/fire-challenge-darwinism-at-its-finest.html

The firemen in this book are encharged of destroying the books, therefore they are also destroying knowledge, so this is what fire represents in the story. However it has a contradictory meaning because at the end Montag uses fire to burn Beatty and win his freedom. 

This text is intended for the society in general, and the purpose of it, is to show firemen as heros. In the image, the fireman is going inside the fire to put it off or to save someone, and it looks like he has everything under control. It has a imposing tone because the fireman is shown as someone majestic and dominant. The bright colors make it look more exalted and that is the way the message is conveyed. It has a rectangle layoutt and it is very well depicted, the color and intensity of light in some places make it look really intense.

Motiff: religion

Motiff: Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes.

Throughout Fahrenheit 451 there are many religious references. Probably what Bradbury wanted to  criticize is that because of ignorance religion is forgotten. Bradbury uses language and imagery from the Bible to resolve the novel. It also contains references of the miracle at Canaa, when Jesus  transformed water into wine and of the Christian value of forgiveness that Faber invokes, among many others.

http://www.formacionparaprofesionales.es/conferencia-sobre-religion-y-progreso-en-ide-cesem/

This image is intended for religious people or for travelers. In it, different religions are shown as different paths of life. It has a diversity tone and it can even be considered indifferent because these religions are portrayed as distinct ways of seeing the world  that are totally separated from each other. The message in this text is conveyed because of the use of arrows that have the names of the religions written on them and they point at different directions. The background is white, so it contrasts with all the arrows. Christianity and Judaism point at a similar direction and Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism point at a similar direction.  Finally, in relation to its structure, it has a square layoutt. The arrows are in different colors, and the arrows at the top are bigger than the ones at the bottom. This may be to show which ones are the most important for the author.