The Fire Pole
What is the significance of the firemans pole in the station rejecting Montag?
Does it have some sort of magical book sense I missed?
The firepole was designed so that people could go up as well as down. However, once Montag started reading, he could no longer go up the pole. This was meant to be an allegory, representing Montag's loss of innocence.
"I'm not reckless . . . I'm skillful!"
I understand the literary purpose of the pole, but am confused about it's physical execution. Does the pole have some telepathic capabilities or is Montag just crazy?
shareThat's something I've wondered about. It was never really explained in the book, just one of those brushstrokes Bradbury threw in.
"I'm not reckless . . . I'm skillful!"
Have you people ever heard of a thing called SYMBOLISM? It's when extraneous characteristics are applied to an object in order to convey a certain point or message and symbolic objects such as the fire pole don't need to have any literal significance. He's been up and down that pole a million times before without realisng that what it leads him to and from is so twisted and bad and now that he does, the pole brings up unpleasnt associations to his mind and that makes it a symbol. Got that?
I'm here, Mr. Man, I can not tell no lie and I'll be right here 'till the day I die
Since Montag started reading he began to think for himself, learn and understand life. Montag read everything from novels to biographies, even the dictionary. There is a scene specifically with Montag reading about a rhinoceros . I assume Montag found out what gravity was and therefore learned it is impossible to go up the pole.
shareDoes the pole have some telepathic capabilities or is Montag just crazy?
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