After watching the “1950s newsreel about the building of suburbia in Levittown” video clip, one could create a metaphor about the value of people in “Fahrenheit 451” using the uniform houses of suburbia. The novel takes place in a futuristic time period that HAMPERS information by burning books. The newsreel informs the audience about the mass-produced houses of Levittown that have a reduced cost due to the sameness of each structure. Similarly, the overpopulation and identical way of thinking in “Fahrenheit 451” ENGENDERS society to treat people with little value. For instance, while Guy Montag is being lectured by Beatty, a fire chief, Montag asks about his late neighbor Clarisse McClellan. Showing little to no sympathy, Beatty responds,