| A | B |
|---|
| books | lost freedoms; suppression of free thought |
| fire | instant cure for wrongs |
| mechanical hound | threat of technology |
| parlor walls | life-control |
| river | renewal, purification, baptizism |
| phoenix | hope in destruction |
| salamander | resistance to fire |
| mechanical hound | computerized law enforcement |
| mirrors | need to reflect |
| fire | cleansing, oppression, awareness, destruction, transformation |
| phoenix | cyclical nature of history; rebirth |
| python | temptation to disobey; firehose |
| books | enlightenment through reading |
| Clarisse | name means "brightest" |
| black cobra | suction snake to remove medicine from Mildred |
| Beatty | baits Montag |
| sieve | Montag's mind |
| white | pure and unspoiled by technology |
| Ecclesiastes | "Is Life Worthwhile?" |
