Our story starts with Montag, a fireman who lives in a place where people burn books. He didn't like this, but didn't do anything about it. Although, today felt different to him…

Exposition

This is Piggy, a young boy from Britain. He’s stuck on an island, and the other kids aren’t very nice to him. This makes him mad, so he becomes bossy to the other boys, which isn't very nice.  But he also feels like something is strange today...

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This is Oedipus, the king of Thebes, he has been sad lately after marrying his mother and the death of his father. But on this day, he also feels something is odd.

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Then all of a sudden, a portal appeared in Montag's world! 

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The same thing happened in Piggy's world too!

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And the same thing was happening happened with Oedipus!

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Suddenly, Montag, Piggy, and Oedipus got pulled into the magic portal and felt like they were falling for a long time!

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And as the 3 slowly open their eyes, they see in front of them, 3 unknown angels they have never seen before!  

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Then, the three angels slowly floated closer to the three friends and said they were here to help the friends learn to become better and happier. The angels say the three friends must learn to ways of Jen from Confucianism, Anicca from Buddhism, and salvation from Christianity.

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Suddenly, three magic mirrors appeared in front of them. The friends looked into the mirrors and saw how sad their lives had become.

Montag felt sorry for burning books and forgetting who he really was. Piggy felt left out and was bossy, which made it hard to be friends with the other boys. Oedipus was full of anger, and it was hurting him and the people around him.

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But Montag, Piggy, and Oedipus didn’t like what they saw. The mirrors made them feel upset, and they didn’t want to believe it.

The angels tried to help them understand and fix their mistakes. But sadly, the friends didn’t want to listen yet.

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All 3 tried to fix their problems their own way. 

Montag tried to use the knowledge he remembers from the books. Piggy tried to fix the problem by reading out rules he remembers, trying to create order and Oedipus became rude and harsh to everyone around him. 

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Montag, Piggy, and Oedipus kept making the same mistakes again and again. They ran in circles, and the longer they did, the harder it was for them to see what they were doing wrong.

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And then, Montag, Oedipus, and Piggy all had a big idea!

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They all realized that what they angels were trying to tell them, was right!

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Montag realized the angels were trying to tell him to follow the values of Jen, based off the religion of Confucianism! Jen means being kind and caring (“Confucianism | URI"). It teaches people to help others, be nice, and try to feel what someone else feels (Weiming, Tu).

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As he realizes that he should follow the values of Jen, he learns to be more caring and kind, to stop burning books, and to help out his friends in his neighborhood learn that books are good!

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Piggy understands this too! He listens to the angels and learns that he doesn’t need to be the boss of everything. Instead, he should learn the way of Anicca. Anicca means that everything changes. It helps us understand that feelings, good or bad don’t last forever (Maden, Jack). So to live a better life, we should be calm, kind, and relaxed (Kadampa, Luna).

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