"Classic" literature might not be the best term here. A lot of people probably struggle with true classic literature because they lack the necessary background and education. The present educational system getting ever more "lightweight" doesn't help either. But if you do invest the effort to decode the writing style and history behind the classics you will be rewarded with an unbelievably rich experience.
But Montag's firechief boss Captain Beatty makes for quite a convincing argument
here against this point of view.
And look what happened to that poor woman!!
The firemen didn't have a problem getting a fire going either.
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