Sunday, May 10, 2020

Allegory Of The Cave In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Plato’s â€Å"Allegory of the Cave† is considered a model for Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, because of the struggles and revelations of the prisoner. Guy Montag is the prisoner in the novel. His society, with the fake reality, has caused him to undergo a series of struggles and revelations as he ascends. The novel and the allegory relate because the allegory is an outline for what the novel is.The allegory has a prisoner stage, the bonfire stage and an above ground stage. Montag went from being prisoner and believing in all the fake realities; such as, the fireman rules or any of societies rules. Then to the bonfire stage where Clarisse played a big part in making him realize that books provide meaning to people. After is above ground,†¦show more content†¦The government and this fake reality have led people to believe that the fake is the truth. The rules that are given to the people is to read books and to not think, but this is already just conditioned int o their minds. Montag because of this reality isn’t able to feel emotions or form ideas because of his fake realities, that he has seen since he was little. Montag soon begins to enter the bonfire stage. Clarisse, is an observant, curious, open-minded and unique 17 year old girl. Montag, after meeting a couple times with Clarisse, is when his eyes truly open that his society is full of fake realities. He becomes observant and starts asking questions about his society. While being with Clarisse, Montag would smell the leaves and notice the small details; therefore, he was having a shift from being a prisoner to going up to the bonfire. On page #48 it says, â€Å" You’re not sick,† said Mildred. Montag fell back in bed. He reached under the pillow. The hidden book was still there. â€Å"Mildred, how would it be if, well, maybe I quit my job awhile?† â€Å"You want to give up everything? 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