The book that I read is called "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray
Bradbury. This book depicts a story about a futuristic world
in the middle of a nuclear war. The government of this future
forbids its people from reading or taking a part in individual
thinking. During this time, the law against reading is new and
the government is taken on a task of destroying all of the
books. This is where we meet or main character named Guy
Montag. He is a fireman. Him and his crew go around and
burn books in libraries, and homes. I think the theme of the
story is that there are many facets to a personality than is first
visible. The book is narrated in third person. At the
beginning of the book we see Guy Montag as a ruthless man
who enjoys his job very much. Later on he discovers that he
does not enjoy his life, it is merely a fake mask. He slowly
discovers this in himself when he meets a teenage girl named
Clarisse who is his new neighbor. She awakens a love and
desire in Montag to enjoy......
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