Facts about Fahrenheit 451

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   Protagonist Guy Montag is a fireman who begins secretly collecting and reading the very books he is supposed to destroy.

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   In Fahrenheit 451, firemen carry flamethrowers and start fires rather than extinguishing them, burning books deemed dangerous to society.

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   Bradbury's 1966 film adaptation, directed by François Truffaut, featured actor Oskar Werner as fireman Guy Montag in the only major cinematic version released during the author's lifetime.

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   The 451-degree Fahrenheit temperature marking the book's title converts to approximately 233 degrees Celsius, the actual ignition point of paper.

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   Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 in 1953, completing the novella in just nine days using a rented typewriter in the UCLA library basement.

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