Facts about Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

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   In Fahrenheit 451, protagonist Guy Montag is a fireman who begins secretly hoarding the books he is supposed to burn, sparking his awakening.

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   Captain Beatty, the fire chief antagonist in Fahrenheit 451, is a deeply literate character who uses his knowledge of books as a weapon against Montag.

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   Ray Bradbury originally wrote Fahrenheit 451 on a rented typewriter in the UCLA library basement, paying ten cents per half hour to use it.

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   The title refers to the temperature at which paper supposedly ignites, a detail Bradbury incorporated as a symbol of the book-burning central to the story.

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   Published in 1953, Fahrenheit 451 depicts a dystopian society where firemen burn books rather than extinguish fires.

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