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Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451. b y Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury. 1920-2012 Genres include fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery According to the New York Times , Bradbury was "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream .“. Fahrenheit 451.

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Fahrenheit 451

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  1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

  2. Ray Bradbury • 1920-2012 • Genres include fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery • According to the New York Times, Bradbury was "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream.“

  3. Fahrenheit 451 • Published in 1953 • Presents a future American society where books are outlawed and firemen burn any house that contains them.

  4. Ray Bradbury

  5. Dystopian Fiction • Dystopia – a society where people lead dehumanized and fearful lives. • Opposite of utopia • Characteristics: • Poverty and totalitarian governments • Environmental disaster or cataclysmic decline • Oppression of justice and freedom • Often set in the future • Often analogies for real-world issues.

  6. Real-World Issues in F451 • McCarthyism • Making unfair allegations in order to restrict dissent or political criticism. • McCarthy Era, 1950-1956 • Heightened fears of communist influence & spies in America. • Thousands of Americans accused of being communists and became the subject of aggressive investigations. • Many lost their jobs and careers were destroyed. Some were imprisoned. • Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, • an anti-communist

  7. Real-World Issues in F451 • Censorship The practice of suppressing or deleting anything considered objectionable. • Clean versions of music • Internet censorship in China • Books banned, edited, and/or challenged • A Midsummer Night’s Dream • he Scarlet Letter • Frankenstein • Of Mice and Men • Great Gatsby • Night

  8. Real-World Issues in F451 • Book Burning Bradbury was horrified by the Nazi book burning campaigns of WWII. They burned books by Jewish authors or considered un-German

  9. Text-to-World Connections • Dystopian fiction is often an analogy for real-world issues. • McCarthyism • Censorship • Book Burning

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