You can find examples of allusions and metaphors in every
chapter of this novel - even on every page. For example, in the first chapter, Montag
walks into his home after talking to Clarisse and realizes he is not happy. His wife,
Mildred, is home watching her screens and she looks up at
him:
Two
moonstones looked up at him in the light of his small hand-held fire; two pale
moonstones buried in a creek of clear water over which the life of the world ran, not
touching them.
The
"moonstones" are Mildren's eyes.
Also, there are tons of
allusions in this novel. Why? Because the firemen are book burners. Every time they are
talking about books, they are alluding to authors. Again, in the first
chapter:
"It's fine work. Monday bum Millay, Wednesday
Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then bum the ashes. That's our official
slogan."
This allusion is
to poets Edna St. Vincent Millay, Walt Whitman and author William Faulkner, all authors
whose books were burned by Montag and his fellow firemen.
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