Fahrenheit 451 : Symbols

Mirrors:

In the first part of the book, Montag says Clarisse is like a mirror, this means that he could see his reflection on her, like she was a part of him he never knew before. Also in the last part of the book, Granger says: "Come on now, we're going to go build a mirror-factory first and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long look in them." (Pg 76), this quote is saying that mirrors are there election of a person, and the only way to have self-understanding is to look at ourselves and then we can see clearly who we are.

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The hearth and the salamander:

The hearth and the salamander is the name of the first part of the book, and it is the first symbol in the novel. The hearth is representing the fireplace or home; the salamander represents the official symbol of firemen and it is the name they give to the fire trucks. Both of them symbolize something with fire: the hearth, is the place to keep heat at home and the salamander (in ancient believes) is an animal that is flameproof and lives in fire.

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The sieve and the sand:

The sieve and the sand is the second part of the book, and it is taken from Montag's childhood story when he tried to fill a sieve with sand in order to win a coin from his cousin. He uses this story to make reference to read the Bible as fast as possible to at least have something in his mind of this book nobody in that society liked. The sieve represents the human mind that seeks truth but is not able to find it yet, and the sand is Montag's desire to find the truth.