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Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury. And Fahrenheit 451. Words of Wisdom from Bradbury. “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them” -Ray Bradbury. Journal: What does the following mean to you?.

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Ray Bradbury

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  1. Ray Bradbury And Fahrenheit 451

  2. Words of Wisdom from Bradbury • “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them” -Ray Bradbury

  3. Journal: What does the following mean to you? • “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them” –Ray Bradbury

  4. History of Ray Bradbury • Born in Waukegan, IL on August 22, 1920 • Fahrenheit 451 was inspired by many historical aspects…especially… • Stalin and his successors who burned “questionable” books and killed or imprisoned the authors • Hitler and the Nazi’s who burned books by Jews or “questionable” authors

  5. Nazi book burnings

  6. Bradbury interview… • When asked why people should read books, Bradbury responded with: “Because we are trying to solve the muster of our loves, no matter what kind you have. Quite often there’s an end to it and you have to find a new love. We move from novel to novel.” • What does this mean to you?

  7. What do you think? • What is censorship? • Is censorship a “good” or “bad” idea? Can it be both? Why or why not?

  8. The idea of CENSORSHIP: • Defined as: suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body. • Books • Music • Education • News

  9. Censored books • The Grapes of Wrath: for its “negative” portrayal of rural people • To Kill a Mockingbird: racial slurs and occasional swear words • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: alleged racial content • Catcher in the Rye: profanity, events like prostitution, depression and alienation • Ironically, Fahrenheit 451 has also be censored

  10. Discussion Questions • What does the following mean to you? • Do you agree with it? In what context? Why or why not? • 1.censorship • 2. morality • 3. dictatorship, • 4. freedom of speech • 5. consequences

  11. Now… • Come up with your OWN question and write it on a piece of paper-one that deals with any of the words that we just discussed

  12. Fahrenheit 451 overview • Guy Montaglives in a world (a futuristic America) in which he is a fireman. He is a book burner, in which he is responsible for burning books in a society in which reading or keeping books is not allowed. • Fahrenheit 451 is “the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns”

  13. Themes/Symbols and Imagery • 1) The Idea of Censorship • 2) Knowledge vs. Ignorance • 3) Utopia vs. Dystopia • 4) Animals and Nature

  14. Short Stories • Let’s first look at two short stories, The Veldt and Harrison Bergeron- annotate for the idea and concepts of censorship, knowledge vs. ignorance and utopia vs. dystopia

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