In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag notices that all of the firemen look similar. Although there are several possible explanations for this, one factor was the effects of the firefighters' work. As the book reveals:
“Montag looked at these men whose faces were sunburnt by a thousand real and ten thousand imaginary fires, whose work flushed their cheeks and fevered their eyes.”
And…
“They and their charcoal hair and soot-colored brows and bluish-ash-smeared cheeks where they had shaven close; but their heritage showed.”
Thus, as Montag’s thoughts reveal, the firemen were impacted by their occupation. As a result of causing numerous fires, their physical appearance was altered by their career, such as their skin becoming burnt.
However, as some scholars illustrate, it is interesting to note that perhaps society also encouraged the firemen to all appear the same and not differentiate from one another. Due to this book’s emphasis on the loss of individual identity, it seems quite plausible that the society also impacted the firefighters' physical appearance as well.
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