Metaphors are comparisons between two
seemingly opposite things that have some common trait or relation. Bradbury utilizes numerous
metaphors throughout his classic novel in order to express nuances,
emotions, and images in an entertaining way.
Montag uses aduring a
conversation with his wife by saying, "Maybe the books can get us half out of the
cave" (34). Montag's metaphor describes the superficial, ignorant society by comparing
Bradbury's dystopian civilization to a cave.
Bradbury uses a metaphor when
Montag hears Captain Beatty's voice in his head saying,
Light the first page, light the second page. Each becomes a black butterfly. Beautiful,
eh? Light the third page from the second and so on, chainsmoking, chapter by chapter, all the
silly things the words mean, all the false promises, all the second-hand notions and time-worn
philosophies (36).
Bradbury is metaphorically comparing
the burning pages of a book to black butterflies.
When Montag is attempting
to comprehend the information that he is reading on the train, he is continually interrupted by
the loud Denham's Dentifrice commercial blasting through the train's speakers. Montag begins to
remember a time at the beach when he unsuccessfully attempted to put sand into a sieve. Bradbury
uses a metaphor by equating the words Montag is reading to sand and his brain to a sieve.
Bradbury writes,
There were people in the suction train
but he held the book in his hands and the silly thought came to him, if you read fast and read
all, maybe some of the sand will stay in the sieve (36).
During Montag's conversation about the significance of literature, Faber uses a
metaphor by saying,
This book has pores. It has features.
This book can go under the microscope. You'd find life under the glass, streaming past in
infinite profusion (Bradbury, 39).
Faber metaphorically
compares the minute details and important information hidden throughout novels to the pores on a
human face.
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