The Rhetorical Analysis Of Fahheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

The main literary purpose of this passage is to provide foreshadowing, and to some extent, some minimal backstory to the protagonist, Guy Montag. This passage foreshadows Montag’s struggle with his happiness, which also serves as one of the central themes of the book. It also foreshadows a very surprising moment later in the book, where Montag reveals the books he has in the ventilation. With this subtle detail, we can infer that Montag had been inquisitive of books long before the events of the story. Finally, it foreshadows Montag’s second meeting with Faber, and it also shows us that he and Clarisse are two characters that serve much of the same purpose, but in very different ways.
I chose this passage because I recognized immediately the

Knowing that Clarisse is considered odd in this world, we can infer that a normal citizen would not be doing these seemingly normal activities that Clarisse is engaging in. In the same vein, this passage also gives us more information about Clarisse and what it is she does. The small acts of kindness present in this passage cement Clarisse’s relationship to Montag as someone who seems to care very much for him and enjoys him as a person, which is presented as being a very bizarre relationship to have with a

That these regular, ordinary people can become figures of great importance. They can become the face of a revolution, or the man of the oppressed, or the man who started modern science, or the man whose work became basis of modern philosophy, all through reading. I love that idea, that these figures so important to our history and culture can live on not only through their books, but through the people that read them. I found the passage very uplifting and exciting, because just by reading this passage, it felt like all the problems of the story had been washed away. Reading it just gave me a sense of awe, a sense that everything was gonna be okay for the human race in the end. That sense of awe and excitement and inspiration is what drew me to this passage, and Bradbury does a marvelous job of instilling that kind of wonder through this