1. Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

2. 451º F = temperature at which paper burns (?)

3. About
Ray
Bradbury

4. Bradbury born in Waukegan, IL in 1920
Novel published in 1953
Novel set in the 24th Century
Ancestor tried in Salem Witch trials

5. Literary Terms

6. UTOPIA Imagined setting full of perfection (Latin for “no place”)

7. DYSTOPIA
Imagined setting full of dehumanization and fear (opposite of utopia)

9. CENSORSHIP
Act of controlling what the masses may access through broadcasting and publication

10. ALLUSIONS (more to come)
References to outside works; used to enhance work in which they appear

11. Symbols/Motifs

12. SALAMANDER
Legend states this lizard can enter flames but will never be burned

13. PHOENIX
Legend states this bird lights itself on fire and then is reborn from its own ashes

14. Others to watch for: Water -- White Blood -- Mirrors Beetle -- Nature
Fire

15. Terms Unique to F451

16. THE HOUND “The mechanical Hound lived but did not live…” Created to
search and
destroy

17. ELECTRIC-EYED SNAKES
Fully automated stomach pump and blood returning device

18. PARLOR ROOM TV Room – ideally all four walls covered in screens

19. THE “RELATIVES” Characters on television shows

20. Historical Context

21. HISTORICALLY Consider… - Nazism - McCarthyism - Emerging media in
the 1950’s
- Nuclear weapons

22. http://scarsmagazine. com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/raybradbury