Monday, February 28, 2011
Fahrenheit 451
What I find to be so interesting about this book is the parallel between the drawings and the text. I find it highly amusing to correlate the action inspired by the characters with the illustrations provided. I think that the color scheme throughout the book reflects the action and overall plot of the book very well. The colors are rather dull which mirrors the drab life that the characters live under such strict control of their government and lack of adventure and total free will. I believe that this helps accentuate the readers ability to identify with the characters and also evoke certain emotions about their lives. I am also fascinated by the depiction of fire in this novel. It seems as though behind every character there is a fire burning. This appears in the colors that illustrate the various plot turns. Fire drives the ideas and actions of the characters in this book and I feel that that point is made very clear through the extensive illustrations.
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I agree with you about both the color schemes and the way fire is drawn in this novel. I also noticed that fire seems to be a constant throughout the book and I think the way it is drawn contributes to the plot line. The color scheme often times puzzled me, since there was no consistency in the colors. Arguably, that could mirror the inconsistency in Montag's life.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with the whole color scheme idea. It is easy to tell the big points in the story through the colors of the images on the page. If the colors are bright orange and red the reader knows that there is a lot of action and important things occurring at that point. When the colors are sickly grays and greens the reader knows that that page is filled with more dialogue and thought rather than action. Also, when a character's face or specific feature is illuminated that indicates the characters emotions at the period of time.
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