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Fahrenheit 451

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FAHRENHEIT 451

WRITTEN By RAY BRADBURY
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451 DEGREES

...THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH PAPER BURNS
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WELCOME TO THE DISTANT FUTURE

HERE, FIREMEN

start fires instead of putting them out

Books are illegal
Questions are never asked

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NOBODY knows the truth

because there is no truth..
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ALL THE BOOKS WERE BURNED 🔥🔥

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GUY MONTAG THOUGHT HE WAS HAPPY

UNTIL HE MET 17 YEAR OLD CLARISSE MCCLELLAN

GUY MONTAG WAS A FIREMAN

  • He had no problems burning books
  • His wife overdosed on sleeping pills
  • He started talking with Clarisse more
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After meeting her, he questions if his happiness is real.

HE WONDERS IF ANYONE IN THIS SOCIETY REALLY HAPPY

Montag has to go against what is accepted in society

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HE STARTS TO STEAL BOOKS

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HE AND A FORMER PROFESSOR NAMED FABER START READING

MONTAG TRIES TO MEMORIZE SOME OF THE BIBLE

MONTAGS WIFE BETRAYS HIM

  • Starts fire alarm on their own house
  • Montag comes and helps burn it
  • He then escapes to a river with Faber and friends

THE CITY IS BOMBED BY A WARRING COUNTRY

  • Montag and friends were at the river and lived
  • They are the only survivors
  • They decide to try and rebuild society
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THEMES & SYMBOLS

  • Censorship
  • Hearth and salamander
  • Fire