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Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian novel by American author Ray Bradbury that was originally published in 1953 and is thought to be one of his best works.

It received accolades for taking a stand against censorship and defending literature as essential to both humankind and society.

The story is set in the far future in an unidentified city.

Guy Montag, the main character, works as a fireman whose duty it is to destroy buildings where books have been found.

One day after work, he runs into Clarisse, a young woman who loves the outdoors and inquires as to his happiness.

At home, he discovers that Mildred, his wife, attempted suicide by ingesting a bottle of sleeping pills.

Two men respond to his call for assistance and revive her.

She acts normally the following morning and continues to watch television on the three parlour walls as though nothing had happened.

Regular conversations between Montag and the upbeat Clarisse develop until one day she is no longer waiting for him outside;

he later discovers that she was killed by a speeding automobile. Later, as the elderly woman’s home is being burned down by the firemen,

Montag steals her Bible—an action he believes his hand took on its own—and the woman decides to pass away with her books.

Montag starts to have second thoughts about his mission and decides to skip work the following day.

Captain Beatty, the head of the firehouse, approaches Montag to persuade him of the value of the fireman’s work.

He argues that after television was invented, people started to become less interested in reading, and that censorship resulted from interest groups and minority objecting to certain portions in books.

Books were eventually outlawed because it was believed that learning in general and books in particular contributed to inequity and unhappiness.

Montag tells Mildred he has concealed some volumes around the house after Beatty departs.

They start reading, but he has trouble understanding the books, while Mildred would rather watch TV.

Montag recalls that he possesses Faber’s contact information, including his home and work phone numbers.

Montag visits Faber’s house while attempting to memorise verses from the book since he believes he may own the last printed copy of the Bible.

Faber promises to teach Montag how to interpret literature when Montag requests for his help.

Mildred is watching TV with two friends when Montag gets home, and one of them says that her husband has been drafted to fight in the present conflict.

Montag tries to have a chat with the women about their life and politics.

One of Mildred’s pals starts crying when he starts reading aloud from a book of poetry, while the other becomes enraged and says that this is why books are outlawed.

Montag and the other firemen respond to a call the following day at work, and it turns out that Montag’s house is going to be set on fire.

When Montag learns that Mildred reported him, she gets in a taxi and leaves without speaking to her husband.

When Montag is given the order to burn down the home by Captain Beatty, he complies and then kills Beatty with a flamethrower.

He rushes to Faber’s house, where the retired professor advises him to take the country roads to safety.

After escaping the intense manhunt, Montag comes across some men huddled around a fireplace.

Granger, their leader, informs him that each of them has memorised a book with the intention of using the information to reestablish civilization.

After that, they observe as bombs decimate the city. The men then return to the city to start the work of rebuilding civilization.