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Introduction to Fahrenheit
451
Ray Bradbury’s Life
Born in 1920: wrote during 40s-50s-60s
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Ray Bradbury’s Life
Died last year
At age 12 – wrote sequels to science fiction stories—for fun-Story: Flash Gordon
At age 15,: submits stories to Saturday Evening Post
Rockwell also published here (we’ll see him later)
During WWII Writes advertising for the Red Cross
Bradbury paid-$0.10 per page to write F451
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SCIENCE
FICTION
Based on real science but… Has imaginary/made up elements
Usually set in the future
Often has non-human charactersRobots, aliens, creatures
SCIENCE
FICTION
CONTINUED…
Asks the question: “What if?”
Takes what we know about Science and life, and extrapolates(Stretches)
Fahrenheit 451
the novel
Science fiction novel with MANY themes.
Fahrenheit 451 - the novel
Anti-utopia: DYSTOPIA (how do we make paradise)? By making it, we make: Opposite of paradise -> DYSTOPIA
SETTING of the novel: After WWII ends The atomic bomb has been dropped
Literary Terms for this novel Symbol: a concrete object that stands
for an abstract idea Setting Protagonist Antagonist Conflict Theme Plot
Point of View: 1st, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient
HOW DOES HISTORY
AFFECT THE MESSAGE?
When the novel was written
Hitler just defeated,He burned books during the war
Soviet Union also banned and burned books
1949: Communist China comes to power
They also burned books
“In 1945, there were probably
fewer than 10,000 TV sets in the country.”
By 1950: 6 million
About 60 million by 1960
It was the newest technology
Sound familiar?
SCREENAGERS
THIS BOOK HAS
MULTIPLE MOTIFS
Communication? Religion? Nature? Active-vs-passive?
There is also the motif
of TIME
THE NEXT SLIDE IS ART DONE BY NORMAN
ROCKWELL AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME
BRADBURY WAS WRITING F451.
WHAT PATTERNS DO YOU SEE?