Themes

=Themes= Ignorance and Knowledge- The governments goal in this time period was to rid of knowledge, or books, and be ignorant in order to "equalize the population and promote sameness", as quoted by sparknotes.com

"The Hearth and The Salamander"- The Hearth is a " fireplace" or "traditional symbol of the home" (sparknotes.com) and the Salamander is the logo of the firemen in this novel. Both of these pertain to "fire" which is one of the biggest topics in the novel: the Hearth, or fireplace, is what provides heat in a household and the Salamander which is believed to live in fire and is unharmed by the flames.

The "Phoenix"- "After the bombing of the city, Granger compares mankind to a phoenix that burns itself up and then rises out of its ashes over and over again." (sparknotes.com) This refers to the theme that we make mistakes and then we rise up and we learn from them. After the bombing, the people will be born again and will learn from their mistakes.