Symbolism

1. What are some of the symbols in the story?
Ans.  "And not one will know of the war, not one/ Will care at last when it is done./ Not one would mind.../If mankind perished utterly;/And Spring... would scarcely know that we were gone" (Bradbury 948). Bradbury is explaining that the Earth will go on without us and in the process, will reject our technological advances.

2. Are there any objects which seem to have a symboic meaning? What are their meanings?
Ans.  The fire represents the war. Because of the war, all the people died. And because of the fire, the house was destroyed.

3. Do any people act as symbols in the story? What do they represent?
Ans. There's no human being in the story.

4. Do aspects of the story's setting seem symbolic? In what way?
Ans. Yes. The house is lonelyl standing while all the houses were burnt and destroyed.
It makes us predict that the house will soon be destroyed like other houses did.

5. Is one symbol used throughout the story or do the symbols change?
Ans. It doesn't change.