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"About Ray Bradbury." Ray Bradbury. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. [] 1. Changed the way people think 2. More than 500 published works 3. One of America’s most creative and imaginative 4. “Once read, his words are never forgotten.” 5. Born in Waukegan, Illinois 6. Childhood characterized by his loving family 7. Truman approves production of hydrogen bomb 8. Highest paid baseball player only made $125,000 9. Televisions become nationally broadcasted in ’51 10. American painters created a new “abstract expressionism” style 11. ’51, first nuclear test occurs 12. People were convicted for passing info 13. On atomic weapons to the USSR 14. Sentences to death 15. ’52, Suburbia is born in the form of small 16. Suburban communities like Levittown, PA <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">17. Many more families could now afford to own homes

"Ray Bradbury Online - Biography." Space Age City. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">18. Fashion, along with other areas of American culture, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">19. Continued to be conservative <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">20. Highlights include sweater vests, gray flannel suits, and poodle skirts <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">21. A second US nuclear weapons laboratory is established <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">22. Established in Livermore, CA <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">23. First British atomic bomb, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">24. “Hurricane” was tested <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">25. Monte Bello Islands, Australia <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">26. With a yield of twenty-five kilotons <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">27. Zack Lazo is an over-achieving cheater <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">28. ’53, Francis Crick and James Watson discover the double helix of the DNA <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">29. ‘54, The U.S. Supreme Court wrote in “Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">30. Racial segregation in schools was illegal <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">31. U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy begins a televised anti-communist witch-hunt <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">32. The USA threatens to use the nuclear weapons <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">33. To stop Soviet aggression on Europe <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">34. Disneyland opens in Los Angeles <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">35. Censorship is the key theme of Fahrenheit 451 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">36. Books were banned and burned <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">37. The books allow people to develop their own opinions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">38. In order to create a “happiness society”

Fahrenheit 451. Steppenwolf Arts. Web. 29 Nov. 2011. [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">39. On December 10, 1958 the first domestic jet-airline passenger service begins <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">40. Begun by National Airlines between New York and Miami <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">41. The first US Polaris capable nuclear missile submarine enters into service <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">42. WWII was ending by the 50s <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">43. Industry was expanding again <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">44. Civil rights movement <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">45. Racial segregation is declared unconstitutional <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">46. Vaccine for polio is discovered by Dr. Jonas Salk <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">47. Science fiction became more and more popular <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">48. Inspired by the idea of space travel <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">49. “separate but equal” came into effect

"The Big Read | Fahrenheit 451." The Big Read | National Endowment for the Arts. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">50. New music was begin to become popular <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">51. TV became the dominant mass media <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">52. It became more popular in common households <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">53. Sports became more popular <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">54. People watched the Olympics <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">55. During the Cold War between countries <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">56. Book burning was based off Hitler <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">57. Hitler burning the streets of Berlin <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">58. Libraries in Alexandria burning 5 thousand years ago <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">59. Fahrenheit, thought to be a prediction of the future <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">60. He still doesn’t feel like he didn’t try to predict <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">61. Although he was fairly close <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">62. Censorship is still in effect today <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">63. Government tries to bias the media <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">64. Media tries to bias their viewers

"American Cultural History - 1950-1959." LSC-Kingwood Library. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">65. Americans were paranoid about the threat of communism <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">66. The “red scare” was also going on at the time <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">67. The mechanical dog is related to GPS today <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">68. The seashells are related to iPods <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">69. Number of hours people watched TV was increasing <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">70. Book was banned for many reasons <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">71. Burning of the Bible <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">72. Language controversy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">73. Compared the firemen burning books to Hitler burning books <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">74. Cost him $9.80 to write the book <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">75. Wrote the book during the period of McCarthyism <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">76. Intense censorship and blacklisting <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">77. Banned in all schools or blacked out certain words or phrases <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">78. Wrote stories on butcher paper when younger <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">79. Had 4 daughters <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">80. Cold war began after WWII <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">81. Americans were paranoid about the thought of communism <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">82. Red scare was started by revolutions around the world