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How and why Montag broke the law is he had been hiding a bunch of books from his wife. Since he couldn't hide anymore after Beatty speech, he had to show her the books he had been hiding for a longtime. Him keeping the books is the reason why Montag broke the law and the laws doesn't allow people to keep books. The two people Montag confides in is his wife Mildred and Faber. The author wrote, "When he was done he looked down upon some twenty books lying at his wife's feet." (Bradbury 63). This quote means Montag couldn't hide this secret from Mildred no more and had shown her the books he been keeping for along time. Montag says, "I can get books." This quote means Montag had told Faber that he can gets books and then later insisted to tell

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