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Ray Bradbury The Illustrated Man Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury The Illustrated Man Fahrenheit 451. Science Fiction. Definition : fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, often portraying space or time travel and life on other planets. American Science Fiction.

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Ray Bradbury The Illustrated Man Fahrenheit 451

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  1. Ray BradburyThe Illustrated ManFahrenheit 451

  2. Science Fiction • Definition: fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, often portraying space or time travel and life on other planets

  3. American Science Fiction • “Golden Age” • 1940s & 1950s • Inspired by WWII • Anxiety arose in response to nuclear weaponry and the impending Cold War • Advancements during the Era: • Television • Highways • Space travel • Skyscrapers • Biological research • Technology • inspired writers to examine impact of each on human existence • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOHM9qeNcRE

  4. Ray Bradbury: Fast Facts • American • Born: 1920 • Died: 2012 • Fan of magic and fantasy as a child • Decided to become a writer at 12 or 13 • Couldn’t afford college; went to libraries instead

  5. Ray Bradbury: Fast Facts • Best known for: • Fahrenheit 451 • The Martian Chronicles • The Illustrated Man • Genre: Science fiction • Short stories • Novels • A conversation with Ray Bradbury • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzD0YtbViCs • Bradbury on writing persistently • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlYAhSffEDM

  6. Why do people tell stories?

  7. Functions of Storytelling • Teaching morals • Teaching cultural expectations • Teaching behavioral norms • Enabling people to make sense of the world • Communication • Building group understanding • Stimulating memory • Entertainment • Developing language • Maintaining tradition Adapted from:http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro6/web3/bcanver.html

  8. How do people share storiesbeyond books?

  9. The Illustrated Man • Collection of 18 short stories with frame narrative • Published in 1951 • Set in the future • Adapted for film in 1963 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uDkTHj6k0 • Themes • Pitfalls of technology • Complexities of human psychology • Morality vs. amorality • Inevitability of fate • Faith • Revenge

  10. Stories through Tattoos • Tattoo moms • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZg6Kqv0488 • Tattoo music video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8y3EFuy0Fc

  11. Assignment

  12. The Veldt radio broadcast • http://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/sci-fi/Dimension-X/The-Veldt-August-09-1951-show-3777.html

  13. Science Fiction • Definition: fiction based on __________future scientific or technological ________ and major social or ____________ changes, often portraying space or time _________ and life on other _________

  14. American Science Fiction • “Golden Age” • ______s & ______s • Inspired by _______ • _______ arose in response to __________ weaponry and the impending ________________ • Advancements during the Era: • __________ • __________ • _________________ • __________ • _________________ • __________ • inspired writers to examine impact of each on _______ existence • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOHM9qeNcRE

  15. Ray Bradbury: Fast Facts • American • Born: ______ • Died: ______ • Fan of ______ and _________ as a child • Decided to become a writer at ___ or ___ • Couldn’t afford ______; went to ______ instead

  16. Ray Bradbury: Fast Facts • Best known for: • Fahrenheit 451 • The Martian Chronicles • The Illustrated Man • Genre: _____________ • ______________ • ___________ • A conversation with Ray Bradbury • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzD0YtbViCs • Bradbury on writing persistently • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlYAhSffEDM

  17. Functions of Storytelling • Teaching ________ • Teaching cultural ____________ • Teaching behavioral __________ • Enabling people to make _________vof the world • _______________ • Building group ____________ • Stimulating ________ • _____________ • Developing _________ • Maintaining ________ Adapted from:http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro6/web3/bcanver.html

  18. The Illustrated Man • Collection of ____ short stories with _______ narrative • Published in _______ • Set in the ________ • Adapted for ___ in ____ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uDkTHj6k0 • Themes • Pitfalls of ___________ • Complexities of human ______________ • Morality vs. _________ • Inevitability of _____ • _________ • _________

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