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Guy Montag's Fahrenheit 451
Guy Montag lives in a community where owning or reading books is illegal. Firefighters burn books and start fires instead of putting them out. Eventually, Montag stumbles upon a book and experiences just how powerful they can be. Montag eventually gets caught and has to formulate a plan. A plan that will free him from the city and his guilt. After Montag escapes the city becomes catastrophic. Then, Montag meets a group of people who are determined to save literature

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