Throughout the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury shows how books can negatively impact relationships. Right from the start of this novel, readers can see that Guy Montag obviously has an obsession with the burning of books. In the novel, books kill not only a relationship between husband and wife, but also many friendships around the circle of Guy Montag. One symbol that gives the readers a deeper understanding of Fahrenheit 451 is fire. Fire is brought up many times throughout the novel, making it hard for readers to ignore. It symbolizes positive ideas such as wisdom and knowledge, but it also symbolizes ideas on the complete opposite end of the spectrum such as anger and pain. Fahrenheit 451 pulls both sides together to make a story full of irony. Ray Bradbury writes, “It was a pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed” (Bradbury 1). Guy Montag was talking about how he likes to see things burn, primarily books. His relationships with people were fine until he realized that burning books was in fact bad, not good. He then soon becomes extremely intrigued by the idea of books and his relationships with people start to fall apart. One time when Mildred had friends over to watch a show, he looked at the screen and saw bodies flying in the air. Montag is disgusted at what he sees and unplugs the television. He then strikes up a conversation with the women, asking when they think the war will start; moreover he says that he notices their husbands aren’t with them. After continuing on the conversation, Montag gets very upset with Mrs. Bowles because of a rude statement. Guy Montag says, “Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out, go home and think of the dozen abortions you’ve had, go home and think of that and your damn caesarean sections, too, and your children who hate your guts! Go home and think how it all happened and what did you ever do to stop it? Go home , go home!” (Bradbury 98). After this occurrence, his social circle is pretty much destroyed. Him and his wife lost everything because people find out that Montag had books. The firemen burnt his house down. His wife says, “Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything ,everything gone now” (Bradbury 108). An important symbol in this  situation is his wife. At this moment his wife, Mildred, resembles loss and heartbreak. Her life fell apart, as well as her relationship with Guy Montag.