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Fahrenheit 451

451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper, more specifically books,
burns. As a fireman living in a futuristic city, it is Guy Montag's job to see that that is
exactly what happens. Ray Bradbury predicts in his novel Fahrenheit 451, that the future is
without literature -- everything from newspapers to novels to the Bible. Anyone caught
with books hidden in their home is forced out of it while the firemen force their way in.
Then, the firemen turn the house into an inferno. With pride, montag carries out just that.
Until one day he meets a young girl of seventeen who changes his mind about
everything. Clarisse McClellan knows many things that Montag has never considered. For
instance, she recites poetry, the ideas of great philosophers, and most importantly, facts
about the world's history. When she first speaks to Montag of these illicit things, he is
taken aback and begins to question all that he has been told. Not trusting his current......

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