Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Montag's society views books as a sign of peril and doom. Books can inspire rebellious ideas that could jeopardize the stability of society, according to the government, which has converted its citizens that they must be destroyed. People are encouraged to spend their time and energy on careless entertainment and pleasures like watching television, playing sports, or eating fast food in this society. Montag lives in a society that places a high value on conformity and compliance to authority. As a result of furnishing access to knowledge that can undermine governmental authority and power, it reinforces the notion that books are dangerous. Books are burned and banned because they're considered a trouble to

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