Figurative Language In Guy Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

People give speeches all the time in this world. They can be depressing, frustrating, or inspiring. Each speech that is given has some meaning, or has a strong argument. Likewise, in the book Fahrenheit 451, the character Faber gives a speech with a strong argument to the main character, Guy Montag. Montag is a man who has discovered that he is no longer happy, and he thinks the solution to him becoming happy again is in books. He goes to Faber to converse more about this issue. Faber, through the usage of figurative language, hypophoras, and the appeal to logic, or logos, creates his argument that the lack of quality, leisure, and the right to carry out actions causes people to be unhappy, not the disappearance of books. Figurative language helps Faber …show more content…
Faber explains to Montag that pores in the human skin show depth and layers, and books do so as well. That is why they are disliked and feared. This analogy helps Montag comprehend what the situation is like. It helps him understand the seriousness of the situation, and how exactly the lack of quality affects life. Faber again uses figurative language when he talks about people not behaving like humans should. “‘We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers’” (Bradbury 79). Faber, through this analogy, explains to Montag that in the current society, people do not have individual ideas. They just follow what everyone else says. In other words, there are no new ideas in this society. If flowers eat other flowers, then, theoretically, all the flowers will either be the same, or will be wiped out completely. Montag realizes that this will apply to humans as well. Humans will either be identical, or wiped out completely. This analogy helps Montag comprehend how the human race is functioning, and how it is not proper or beneficial. Lastly, Faber uses figurative language when he talks about how addicting television can be: “‘But who has ever torn himself from the claw that