Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 uses two subtitles; “The hearth and the salamander” and “The sieve and the sand”. As you can see, the titles mean more than they bluntly say. But "The Hearth and the Salamander" is a title I'd like to analyze myself. For starters, the words "hearth" and "salamander" have very different connotations in the story. As a matter of fact, both the hearth and the salamander both represent fire, something that was a very dominant image in Montag's life. A hearth is something that heats a house and according to ancient beliefs it is believed that the salamander cannot be destroyed by fire. But I'm sure Ray Bradbury wanted to draw the reader's attention to the more symbolic meaning of the title. Furthermore, I believe he would also like his readers to think “firefighter” when they see the word salamander, since it is the symbol of the firefighter himself. A fire can be seen in two different ways; as destructive (the salamander) and non-destructive (the hearth). The hearth is a symbol of a warm and inviting fire, it is safe and...