Evil In Fahrenheit 451

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Montag was a fireman . He was a type of fireman who started fire instead of putting them out. He thought that book burning was the right thing to do. He thought books were evil. Because that want their firemen, law taught them. burning the books was the only way to prevent the “evilness” to spread as they thought. One night he was walking home, he met Clarisse. Clarisse was a weird 17 old year girl. She was always outdoors. She stared at people observing their actions. Clarisse asked Montag “aren’t firemens suppose to put out fires instead of starting them” That question got Montag thinking. When he got home, he was still thinking. Even when he got in bed. He was thinking about the question Clarisse asked

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