Fahrenheit 451 Knowledge Analysis

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Knowledge is power because in Fahrenheit 451, if Montag didn’t know about what books withheld, he wouldn’t have understood how corrupt his city is. He wouldn’t have understood why the firemen burned books, or why people died for books, or even why books are outlawed. After he read books and learned it opened his mind to a whole other world, completely opposite of what he realized. After he discovered this he realized he could change how his world is and put an end to book burnings and books being outlawed. After Montag learned what books said that was different to what his world teaches, he wanted to learn why, and to put an end to it. Once he started reading books he realized how priceless they were. He didn’t want them to be outlawed and