Can books have too much power? In Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, the main character Montag is living in a dystopian society where books are banned. The books are banned because of their power, the leaders of these societies do not want anyone to know too much. Montag ended up keeping some books and getting caught so he had to flee but, he found a society of men who had memorized certain books. Books and words have power. They hold knowledge and history from the past, they also hold emotions. Books hold a lot of knowledge, it's up to the reader to gain the knowledge. In Fahrenheit 451, the leaders of the society disallow the reading of books because they do not want the citizens of the society to know about the past. For example,