The Role Of Guy Montag In Fahrenheit 451

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Guy Montag’s has been stealing lots of book as a fire-men. In my opinion, one of the valid reason why he steals lots of book because of Clarrie’s existence. He somewhat astonished by a 17-year-old girl who already has knowledge of the world that is beyond her years. Clarrie’s curiousness makes him questioning himself what have he been doing this years. Besides, when Guy’s deployed to an older woman old house, something interesting has come come up. The old lady insists on dying among her books collections and refuses to abandon her home. During this time, Guy’s secretly steals a book and take it home. This makes Guy’s curiousness increases, since someone’s willing to sacrificed their live because of books. I believe, he has a plan to read all

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