Explain the allusion Granger makes about the Phoenix.

a)

Like a burning Phoenix, the citizens have thrown themselves on to the funeral pyre of their civilization.

b)

Like the Phoenix, which bursts into flames, the city was destroyed without any warning.

c)

Like the Phoenix, which rises from the ashes, they will rebuild their society from the destruction caused by the bombing and the damage caused by outlawing books

d)

Like the Phoenix, which bursts into flames, the city was destroyed without any warning.

c) Like the Phoenix, which rises from the ashes, they will rebuild their society from the destruction caused by the bombing and the damage caused by outlawing books

Explanation:

Book: "Farenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury (1953)

During his escape, the chracter Montag encounters a group of intellectuals living in exile from the city, whose leader Granger speaks of the example of the phoenix and its infinite life cycles: he dies in the flames and is reborn from the ashes, adding that such a cycle may have similarities with the city and humanity and that we could learn a lot from that.

The Phoenix Myth dates back to ancient Egypt and was later transmitted to the Greeks and other civilizations. Among the Egyptians, this bird was known as Bennu, but both were associated with the Sun God worship, called Ra in Egypt. When dying, this bird was devoured by the flames, a new phoenix emerging from them, gathering the ashes of its parent and compassionately leading them to the altar of the solar god, located in Heliopolis, Egyptian city.

c)

Like the Phoenix, which rises from the ashes, they will rebuild their society from the destruction caused by the bombing and the damage caused by outlawing books.