Fahrenheit 451 is a story in which Montag (the protagonist) is a fireman whose job is to burn books because they are labeled as “illegal”. Montag on page 5 states, “‘Do you ever read any books you burn?' He laughed. 'That's against the law!”, people are not allowed to read books because they are illegal. Although the only thing said about novels is on page 59 where Captain Beatty says, “Well, Montag, take my word for it, I’ve read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe”. Books are characterized as useless, unworthy items that make people unhappy. The government by not having people read these …show more content…
Montag and Snowden discover something that the government is trying to hide. They at first keep it a secret until they are more than 50% sure. They act against the government by releasing the information they know. When they are caught and accused, both men run away. In Fahrenheit 451 Montag runs away and the city is burned to ashes, where on the opposite side Snowden flies away to another country and lawsuits and complaints are made against the NSA and the government, about their privacy being invaded. Montag’s city is foreshadow to be rebuilt again whereas we in real life don’t know if our privacy is still being