Revelation In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Intro: Ray Bradbury refers to the book of Revelation towards the end of Fahrenheit 451. Something that I find to be coincidental is that the book of Revelation is also the very last book of the bible. At the end of the book, when the bomb goes off, everything seems to go down hill. Montag seems to believe as if all hope is lost. Will things ever change for Montag and the others? Will society ever get better? Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury alludes to quotes that refer to something that represent a different meaning. Depending on the perspective that someone may view the quotes, they can be looked at as one meaning, but really they mean another. For example, in the book, Ray Bradbury chose to use the poem Dover Beach: "Ah, love, let
Ray Bradbury does not use these quotes to fill all 150 pages of the book, but instead he uses these words to represent a deeper meaning to the story. Ray Bradbury once said in an interview “Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things”. This quote represents how descriptive Ray Bradbury is able to be even without forcing words on a page. Ray uses words in a sense that he is almost able to persuade the reader of believing something whether it is true or not. This is not something that every author is able to do, and this is also one of the reasons why I respect Ray as an author. Many books leave holes and empty patches that leave the reader confused, and even by the end of the novel, the reader is still asking themselves, “Why, What, How?” Ray Bradbury does not do this. He specifically tells us what Granger and Montag are going to do next and where they are going to
On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.” Why is this verse relevant to Fahrenheit 451? This allusion may reference to a new beginning that the people living in the book may need, including Montag, Granger, and all of the others. Revelation 22 verse 2 also states that the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the new nation. This verse may be an allusion that the leaves of the tree represent the books in Fahrenheit 451. But why does Ray Bradbury not choose to use this quote earlier in the book, and continue on with the new world? He chose to use this quote at the end of the book to show that there will be a “healing” of the nation, if the people are willing to make a change.

Body 3 Main idea, interpretations- Towards the end of the novel Ray Bradbury begins to open up, and shows how the book is going to end. Ray Bradbury leaves the choice of healing up to the people and to their choices. Ray Bradbury does however choose to foreshadow to the hope and the long-term happiness that is to come. Hope is something that is not a guarantee, but instead is an option. If someone chooses to close him or herself up, and to not look for the light, then there will be no chance for