There are many contrasts and similarities when being compared to how the city and countryside reacts based on the idea of book burnings. To begin with, when Montag ran off to the countryside to be away from the city he met Granger, who had told him that the people living in the countryside were book burners. However, an important detail comes up as Granger explains that the people in the countryside read and memorize the books before they even burnt them. This was new to Montag since he was always told to never read books as a rule in the city, but now Montag realized how different it was in this part of the country. In addition, the books getting burned shows a connection to the city and how the firefighters would always burn the books as