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Yuki888 [10]
3 years ago
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In an ancient Greek myth, Prometheus, a son of Zeus, feels sorry for human beings, who are cold and helpless. He steals fire fro

m the gods and gives it to mankind. Symbolically, the giving of fire is positive and represents the beginning of wisdom and science. Fire is also destructive: the Christian Hell is supposed to be a place where people burn eternally, and some religions predict that the world will end in fire. What aspect of fire do we see in the opening of the book
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1 answer:
kvasek [131]3 years ago
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Answer:

The opening of the book has fire being used destructively. We see how destructive the fire was and how it burned the books, which was the destruction of wisdom and science.

Explanation:

According to Fahrenheit 451 Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander, it is narrated at the beginning that fire was used to destroy books as they were outlawed and illegal to read or own books.

Fire has significance in Greek mythology, Christianity and many other religions as being an instrument of purging, punishment or simply refining.

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