Fahrenheit 451
Guy Montag lives in a world where firemen start fires rather than putting them out. His duty is to burn books, the primary source of independent thought and social discord in a society obsessed with shallow entertainment. Montag moves through his life with robotic indifference until a chance encounter with a free-spirited neighbor forces him to see the emptiness of his existence. This classic nov…
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