The Hound In Fahrenheit 451

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Montag is being attacked by Beatty, but gets out of his grasp and burns him to smithers. He is escaping on foot from everyone in the city, trying to not look suspicious. Montag is being hunted by the hounds, and unfortunately gets his leg numbed by one before he destroys it. He hides the books in a coworkers house and goes to Faber’s home. Faber tells him to go and follow the old railroad tracks to some people out in the forest. Montag runs to the river as to escape sight from people and to not be caught by the hound. He goes to these people because Faber instructed him to find them. These people will help him from being caught by the police and the hounds. He finds out that the men have books stored in their minds, word for word. They have

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