Yet, in Fahrenheit 451, as Montag says, Clarisses favorite subject wasn't herself. ... For Montag, this opens up a whole new world of possibilities while at the same raising questions about his own purpose in life. Clarisse gives Montag cause to question his world and to see it in a different light. ... That world, though dissimilar to Clarisses and her family life, is one that allows for meaningful conversation and discussion. At the heart of those discussions is what Montag learns from the other people he meets, people who are willing to share what they know from the books they've...

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Actually, the question should be how many do not read Judy Blume books? ... There should be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, or no limits on thought. ... The circulation of illegal material could occur in schools or in public, as it did in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; books weren't allowed but people still had them and read them. ...

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