His Hand Had Done It All Analysis

“Montag had done nothing. His hand had done it all, his hand, with a brain of its own,

with a conscience and curiosity in each trembling finger, had turned thief.”(pg 37). This passage

shows Montag’s freethinking and his instinct for rebellion which drives the story forward.

As whole this is were Montag finally starts to separate from the rest of the fireman and begins

his betrayal of the firemen. This also continues the symbolism of his hands which Montag says has a mind of its own. The hands in the book somewhat symbolise montag 's true true desires

such as when he steals the book in the passage above. Another example of this is when is when

Montag kills Beatty which he had no desire to do but his hands did this anyway. “He hadn’t

wanted to kill

“Montag had done nothing. His hand had done it all.”(pg 37). This is

also shows the conflict within montag and how it caused him to separate from the rest. The

conflict within Montag is one of the most important in the story.

"It didn 't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no

censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploration, and minority pressure carried the

trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time..." (pg 58). Censorship

is arguably the biggest theme in Fahrenheit 451 and is one of the driving points. The passage

above states how censorship became a part of the government not by the them but by the people

The story illustrates what could happen if censorship went too far and what would happen if

nobody tried stop it. Another " 'You know the law, ' said Beatty. 'Where 's your common sense?

None of those books agree with each other. You 've been locked up here for years with a regular

damned