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451 What does montag mean when he says “the people in those books never lived”?

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It means those people are fictional characters.

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The people in those books never lived! Come on now!" (Bradbury 35). ... Beatty says this to Montag when they are about to burn books at an old lady's house. Montag is trying to save the woman but Beatty tells him to give up and leave her behind.
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