"Fahrenheit 451," by Ray Bradbury is a novel with the symbolism of the hearth and the salamander as the basis for the first section of the novel, which is the introduction to the world Montag lives in. A hearth generally means home, warmth, comfort, family, and fire. Salamanders are known as a mythical lizard which is believed to have the ability of living in fire and are associated with dragons, destruction, and fire. In Montag's society, books are seen as the "salamanders," and the practice of…
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