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Fahrenheit 451

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Fahrenheit 451 is a classic book written by Ray Bradbury. It contains 249 pages. The book opens up to a futuristic society (dystopian setting) and introduces the main character to the audience by the name Guy Montag. Guy is the novel’s protagonist who works in the fire department and specializes in burning books. Other main characters include Captain Beatty; the head fireman in charge of Guy, Mildred Montag; Guy’s bland, stereotypical housewife who is obsessed with keeping to the status quo; Clarisse McClellan, Guy’s young neighbor who is a deep lover of nature; and finally Professor Faber who becomes a very important character later on in the plotline. The book is divided up into three sections; the first is called The Hearth and the Salamander.
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