Random Notes Related to Fahrenheit 451

Synecdoche: Where a part of something stands for a whole thing
Example: Montag's Hands in Fahrenheit 451

Displacement: the unconscious transfer of an intense emotion from its original object to another one

Anachronism: is a chronological inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of person(s), events, objects, or customs from different periods of time. (Source-Bing)

juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect:

Schema: File of cabinet, the way we organize our ideas

Philosophy is the love of Wisdom

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