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Montag plants books in a fireman's house from "Fahrenheit 451". As Montag flees, he remembers his plan to plant books in firemen's houses. He stops at the house of a fireman named Black and hides four books in the kitchen.

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Montag plants books in a fireman's house

As Montag flees, he remembers his plan to plant books in firemen's houses. He stops at the house of a fireman named Black and hides four books in the kitchen. He then calls in an alarm from a phone booth, hoping to set off a chain reaction that will expose the firemen's hypocrisy. This act is a desperate attempt to strike back at the system that has destroyed his life.