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Read his biography, and emphasis of what shaped his writing. Focus on the social environment when he wrote his famous book, Fahrenheit 451. Why did he select that title?

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The significance of the title "Fahrenheit 451" is 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper burns. That is why the novel is titled that. The firemen in the book don't put out fires but burn books instead.
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