Why Is Books Important In Fahrenheit 451

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Firemen nowadays put out fires and save houses, but in the future, why are they the ones starting them? Books are illegal, having one will get you in a lot of trouble, but having multiple, your house gets burnt down, in these books is knowledge that we as people can use to come up with personal opinions, but without books, we just think what we hear from other people because we don't know any better. When Montag, a fireman, meets this one girl, she changes how he thinks about books. Knowledge is power, and books are illegal. Anyone who is caught with one will get in a lot of trouble, and if more than one, then your house will be burnt down. Most people actually don't care about books because the government has convinced them that books are