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[] 1.) Was originally a short story (called //Fireman//) 2.) Had many recent historical events that the book was based on 3.) 1930’s- 1940’s Nazi in Germany did book burnings after WWII 4.) Major symbol of repression 5.) Importance and freedom to read books was a concern for people in the 1950’s 6.) Some language in the book was censored by Bradbury’s publisher 7.) This was done so the book could be sold to high schools 8.) At the time Bradbury did not know this 9.) Reading levels in kids were dropping in the 1950’s 10.)Televisions were starting to be used in classrooms 11.)At the time there was fear of nuclear war 12.)In the novel the fear and repression was re-created at the time 13.)In the book it reflects the held view that the nature of robots are to be feared 14.)Something that possess no human qualities could take control over human beings 15.)At the time many sci-fi movies capitalized on the fear monstrous creatures of technology would revolt 16.)Fear of technology was there in the 1950’s

http://www.raybradbury.com/about.html 1.) He’s written many stories 2.) Truly classic author of the 20th century 3.) Was awarded the National Book Foundation's 2000 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters 4.) Was born on August 22, 1920 5.) Graduated from Los Angeles High school in 1938 6.) Became full time writer in 1943 7.) Contributed to numerous short stories to periodicals 8.) Published //The Martin Chronicles// //9.)// //Fahrenheit 451// is considered a masterpiece //10.)//In the book written word is forbidden 11.) Was awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award and others 12.)Confined his vision to the purely literary 13.)Adapted 65 of his stories for television 14.)In 1982 created interior metaphors for numerous things

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1.) Censorship mainly influenced the book 2.) At the time there were ‘fireman’ in some areas that burned books 3.) Though there were some book burnings in later around 1980-1990 4.) Different things probably influenced the book 5.) Many complaints lead to some burnings in Germany 6.) Some ‘firemen’ job was to prevent books from being read

[] 1.) Fahrenheit 451 was written on a rental typewriter in the basement of UCLA's Lawrence Clark Powell Library 2.) book came out to rapturous reviews 3.) sells at least 50,000 copies a year 4.) In 2004, Bradbury received the National Medal of Arts 5.) When he was 15 Hitler burnt books in streets of Berelin 6.) Felt that libraries were in danger 7.) He never believed in prediction 8.) Turning point in Fahrenheit 451 was when Mrs. Hudson was willing to burn with her books 9.) Believes that people read novels to try and solve mysteries 10.) He was self educated

[] 1.) People were frightened at the thought of new technology 2.) More of the damage it could convey 3.) The novel reflects the tone of American society at the time 4.) Influenced by the early period of the cold war era 5.) Wide-spread fear in America 6.) In the book there was said to be 2 atomic wars, could have been influenced be development and used of atomic bomb 7.) Ideas out of the ordinary thought to be communist ideas 8.) Showed how America could destroy itself 9.) Bradbury is considered right in predicting the future 10.)Fear may have benefited America 11.)Benefited literature at the time 12.)Many people did fear that a war was going to happen 13.)Most literature in the 1950’s was influenced by the events of that time 14.)Foreshadowed the future filled with the threat of nuclear warfare and new technology