In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, the people live in a society full of censorship.
Montag, the main character of the story, is inspired by a young girl to question law
around him and he begins to have doubts about what good they serve. In Fahrenheit 451, censorship in the world consists of book burning, manipulative parlor families, and the intolerance of those who attempt to be an individual.

Book burning in the story is done by firemen to supposedly prevent society
from unhappy emotions and unjust thoughts. Any person who was perceived or proved to possess any sort of reading material was reported to firemen using alarms, which were sent to the fire station. On duty firemen then immediately went to the home of the lawbreaker and burnt the books discovered. Books would be covered in kerosene and torched with a flame-thrower. Houses were made fireproof in order for the firemen to burn the books inside the house without causing too much destruction. Immediately after the......

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Title: Fahrenheit 451
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