“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.” — Montag, Fahrenheit 451

Books allow us to gain the knowledge we have accumulated from our ancestors and pass it on to our descendants. Without them humanity wouldn’t have developed as much as we did. If these sources of knowledge are stolen by the government, people just become sheep led into a future dictated by the government.

The name of the book «Fahrenheit 451» is the temperature at which the paper catches fire and burns. In a time when reading books have become illegal, Montag (the protagonist) works as a fireman, a fireman who ignites fire instead of extinguishing it. All firemen are supposed to go to the houses of people who own and love reading books and burn them in front of everybody as an example. In his work he also sees a woman who chooses to burn with her books and not only he, but nobody understands why somebody would do such a thing. He gets interested and he wants an answer, «What do books contain that would make her burn with them, rather than forsake them?» He starts reading and takes solace in books he has stolen whilst on the job. The knowledge he gains changes his perception of the world. But soon, he pays for his illegal action.

With that cliffhanger, what remains to be said is that you should read Fahrenheit 451 if you enjoy dystopian fiction books.

— Suvonov Bunyod