In Ray Bradbury's book, Fahrenheit...
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In Ray Bradbury's book, Fahrenheit 451, heaven and earth have not passed away; however, nearly all words have. Bradbury's science fiction novel portrays a world where books are illegal. Firemen don't put out fires; instead, they round up illegal books and burn them. Throughout the novel, readers see the last few determined book lovers found out and their collections burned -- until one fireman reads a few words. Guess whose words they are? God's words. The fireman reads a passage from the Bible and realizes that books, the catalogs of human knowledge and hope, are too precious to burn. He becomes an outcast, wandering in the wilderness with a group of other literary runaways, a keeper of God's word in a time where words are quickly losing ground. Despite the turmoil in Bradbury's world, despite bombs from the sky and destruction on the earth, one man puts himself in danger to save the words of God from the all-consuming flames.
