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 *  Fahrenheit 451. **

Gold, Gale. "Historical Context: Fahrenheit 451." //West Irondequoit Central School District//. 10 Mar. 2008. Web. 29 Nov. 2011. < [] >.\
 * 1) Nazi book burnings in the 1930s were widely shown after WWII
 * 2) In Fahrenheit 451 Ray shows a distain for televisions, it is destructive to viewers
 * 3) During 1950s the freedom to read books was considered very important to many
 * 4) The book was expanded from its original after artistic repression
 * 5) Book burnings were a symbol of repression in nazi germany
 * 6) Censorship has always existed in the united states even though we are guaranteed free speech and press
 * 7) The book was very popular in subject, being reprinted 48 times in a 25 year period
 * 8) Censorship at many times has been managed by the us government
 * 9) Censorship was allowed in the entertainment world, not being considered an expression of free speech
 * 10) The censorship was lifted in 1952 but still today things are censored in the arts but by organized pressure groups
 * 11) Rays own publishers censored some things in the book to make it more acceptable to sell for schools
 * 12) Today there are many attempts to limit access to things for children
 * 13) Questioning of artistic freedom became a huge subject of debate
 * 14) Media today is rated and gives the responsibility of censoring to the people
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Political repression and dictatorship were highly publicized in the 30s and 40s
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The cold war began entered by the US and Western Europe
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">There were multible historical events that may have inspired him to write the book
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The main idea of it was democracy versus communism, with the soviet union
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The soviets were often in the news for repression of authors and book censorship
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> At this time the us went through a time of rebuilding the market, military economies rose

"Fahrenheit 451 Themes." . N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Nov 2011. <http://www.gradesaver.com/fahrenheit-451/study-guide/major-themes/>.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">He started of writing horror stories but later began to write science fiction
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Created the Martian Chronicles
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1950, television was very popular
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The 1950 red scare, book banning of communists
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many things during the 1950s were banned including specific people. Hollywood Blacklist
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">First wrote the fireman in 1951
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The only books aloud to be read in the book are comic books
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The book was his only successful novel
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bradbury thinks that technological advances are easier with no literature
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many other science fiction writers wrote protests about censorship
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bradbury thinks that the society will have two atomic wars
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Atomic bomb in book was influenced by the previous atomic bomb set off in Russia in 1949.
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">This gives the idea of an atomic race
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">People mindlessly stared at the screen, some thought it was the end of individualism and literacy like Ray Bradbury
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Book has the idea of a peace emerging after a war
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">He said book burnings based on the Nazi burnings in 1933
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">We identify criminals by their DNA like the mechanical hound in the book
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fiction in published magazines has declined greatly over the years
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">We use anti’depressants today like the tranquilizers that mildred used
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Already began to write about censor ship in Usher 2 of the Martian chronicles

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Fahrenheit 451 About the Author." //<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Big Red //<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Nov 2011. <http://www.neabigread.org/books/fahrenheit451/fahrenheit451_04.php>.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Harry truman (prez in 1950) approved of hydrogen bombs (bombing in the city)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Flying saucer watching became bigger
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Transcontinental tv starts (earpiece with faber)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Existentialism art was starting
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Consumerism was becoming big
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Suburbia started
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">People came back from WWII
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ranch style houses were created
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">International houses (evelution in housing)
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first thought of robots came to be
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Education was undergoing great change with the racial interaction
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Conservatism was big along with anticommunism
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Religion became stronger
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Highways were now becoming widely built
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cars were seen as having popularity
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Clothing was plain
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">With this people bought things they could not before
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Watching tv for hours was now accepted as normal
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tvs now became colored
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Baby boom was underway

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mesic, Penelope. "About Ray Bradbury." //Ray Bradbury//. Web. 29 Nov. 2011. < [] >.

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Rays thinks that are afraid of science fiction <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. He believes that many people see science fiction as trivial <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. But science fiction is important, when technology is destroying certain aspects of our world <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">4. His favorite childhood literary works include bible stories, comic books <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">5. Believes in a supreme value of literature, it is the most important thing in the world <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">6. He became fascinated with literature at a young age <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">7. He is highly intrigued by metaphors, calls himself a collector <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">8. His influence includes roman and greek mythology, things that are magical <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">9. The depression impacted his life, his family moved to los angeles due to struggles <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">10. He often times used to let himself be influenced by other writers <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">11. He read many books about things that were popular at the time <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">12. This lead him to write books in this way <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> 13. Whenever something was needed to be written you write it to make yourself happy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">14. In Fahrenheit 451, it shows literacy outlawed, books are not allowed, and small groups keep the act of reading alive privately <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">15. The book was written in his garage, then move to a library typewriter due to distractions at home <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">16. The first draft was finished in just 9 days, a shortened version <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">17. The story ended up predicting many of the technologies we now have today <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">18. He states that he never set out to predict the future, it just happened <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">19. The book has even influenced technology, the Walkman was an idea based on the book <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">20. There has been one film adaptation of the book, and others have considered remaking it