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...
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