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Clarisse:
Tell me, why do you burn books? Guy Montag:
What? Well, it's a job like any other. Good work with lots of variety. Monday we burn Miller. Tuesday Tolstoy. Wednesday Walt Whitman. Friday Faulkner. And Saturday and Sunday, Schopenhauer and Sartre. "We burn them to ashes, and then we burn the ashes"! That's our official motto. Clarisse:
You don't like books, then? Guy Montag:
You like the rain? Clarisse:
Yes, I adore it! Guy Montag:
Books are just too much rubbish. They have no interest. Clarisse:
Then why do some people still read them although it's so dangerous? Guy Montag:
Precisely because it is forbidden. Clarisse:
Why is it forbidden? Guy Montag:
Because it makes people unhappy. Clarisse:
Do you really believe that?
Tell me, why do you burn books? Guy Montag:
What? Well, it's a job like any other. Good work with lots of variety. Monday we burn Miller. Tuesday Tolstoy. Wednesday Walt Whitman. Friday Faulkner. And Saturday and Sunday, Schopenhauer and Sartre. "We burn them to ashes, and then we burn the ashes"! That's our official motto. Clarisse:
You don't like books, then? Guy Montag:
You like the rain? Clarisse:
Yes, I adore it! Guy Montag:
Books are just too much rubbish. They have no interest. Clarisse:
Then why do some people still read them although it's so dangerous? Guy Montag:
Precisely because it is forbidden. Clarisse:
Why is it forbidden? Guy Montag:
Because it makes people unhappy. Clarisse:
Do you really believe that?
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Tell me why do you burn books
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What
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Well it's a job like any other
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Good work with lots of variety
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Monday we burn Miller Tuesday Tolstoy Wednesday Walt Whitman
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Friday Faulkner and Saturday and Sunday Schopenhauer and Satre
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We burn them to ashes and then burn the ashes
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That's our official motto You don't like books then
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Do you like the rain Yes I adore it
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Books are just so much rubbish
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They have no interest
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Then why do some people still read them although it's so dangerous
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Precisely because it is forbidden
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Why is it forbidden
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Because it makes people unhappy
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Do you really believe that
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Movie Summary
In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

