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Ray Bradbury Notes

"Ray Bradbury." //NNDB: Tracking the Entire World//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. .
 * 1) born on August 22, 1920
 * 2) born in waukegan, Illinois
 * 3) writes horror, fantasy and and science fiction novels
 * 4) many of his novels have been made to movies
 * 5) read and wrote through out his childhood
 * 6) spent most of his time at the local library
 * 7) his favorite author was Edgar Rice Burroughs
 * 8) inspired by the play the hunchback of Notre Dame
 * 9) pushed to write by his aunt
 * 10) she always read him stories as a kid
 * 11) he says that this was a major reason why he started writing
 * 12) his mom took him to see a lot of plays
 * 13) they lived in Tuscon, Arizona for much of his childhood
 * 14) settled into LA when he was 13 years old
 * 15) went to Los Angeles High School
 * 16) took poetry and short writing courses in high school
 * 17) Did not go to college
 * 18) his father preached hard work
 * 19) instead sold newspapers
 * 20) wrote many of his books at UCLA

"Ray Bradbury Online - Biography." //Space Age City//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. .


 * 1) Started writing as an adult after rejection from the military
 * 2) began to publish science fiction novels in 1938
 * 3) his first published story was Hollerbochens dilemma
 * 4) it was limited to only 100 copies
 * 5) his first paid piece was pendulum
 * 6) he earned $15 dollars
 * 7) he became a full time writer by 1942
 * 8) states that the only science fiction book he ever wrote was Fahrenheit 451
 * 9) he had a series of short stories published
 * 10) they were called "dark carnival"
 * 11) his most popular book was " Fahrenheit 451"
 * 12) hired by Jon Huston in 1953 to write for him
 * 13) was hired to write for the a screen play
 * 14) the screen play was Moby Dick set to release in 1956
 * 15) this was a science fiction novel
 * 16) he has not wrote many books
 * 17) has received numerous awards
 * 18) was given the medal of national arts award by president Bush
 * 19) world fantasy for life achievement
 * 20) his biography was sent to the science fiction hall of fame

"IMDb - Ray Bradbury." //The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. .
 * 1) These where some of Ray's most well known books he has wrote
 * 2) Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
 * 3) The Martian Chronicles (1950)
 * 4) The Illustrated Man (1951)
 * 5) Dandelion Wine (1957)
 * 6) I Sing the Body Electric (1951)
 * 7) Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962)
 * 8) In 1947 Bradbury married Marguerite McClure
 * 9) he says that she was some of his best inspiration for some of his books
 * 10) his daughters were also a source of inspiration to him
 * 11) he wrote the novel Fahrenheit 451 as a science fiction
 * 12) at the time it was considered a science fiction
 * 13) he wrote it predicting what he thought was going to happen to the world in the future
 * 14) he was inspired by the technology at his time
 * 15) he based his predictions off of what he thought was going to keep on happening
 * 16) the title Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper burns
 * 17) it is based off of this firefighter named Guy Montag
 * 18) he starts fire instead of prevents them
 * 19) he is ordered to burn books
 * 20) he is ordered to do this because as Ray predicted television was the source of information and entertainment

Steinhauer, Jennifer. "Ray Bradbury News - The New York Times." //Times Topics - The New York Times//. 30 Nov. 2011. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. . Works Cited "IMDb - Ray Bradbury." //The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. . "Ray Bradbury." //NNDB: Tracking the Entire World//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. . "Ray Bradbury Online - Biography." //Space Age City//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. . Steinhauer, Jennifer. "Ray Bradbury News - The New York Times." //Times Topics - The New York Times//. 30 Nov. 2011. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. .
 * 1) many criticize his style stating that he is not a science fiction writer
 * 2) he has been the influential character for many writers today
 * 3) he states that he does not believe in colleges
 * 4) or universities
 * 5) His most popular book was Fahrenheit 451
 * 6) He was correct about many of his predictions
 * 7) he predicted that people would be attached to television
 * 8) he also predicted that mechanical machines would be used
 * 9) he says the predictions were not warnings
 * 10) but they were censorship about how the internet an TV would destroy literacy
 * 11) he says he does not believe in them because students have no money
 * 12) he says "i went to the library 3 days out of the week for 10 years"
 * 13) this was a huge inspiration for some of his writings
 * 14) he used this to speak to his readers
 * 15) he used the topic of poor families and uneducated people
 * 16) Ray still writes to this day
 * 17) He says that he writes for a few hours every day
 * 18) His wife died in 2003
 * 19) he used the tragedy of his wife as inspiration
 * 20) he use it for TV series and plays he was asked to write for

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__Thesis__: Ray Bradbury was influenced to write Fahrenheit 451 by how the world was changing around him and how he thought the world would continue changing in the future

l. Introduction


 * Thesis statement
 * How surroundings impacted his writing
 * How the world impacted his predictions

ll. Body Paragraph 1


 * How his childhood influenced him in his writing
 * How his lifestyle influenced his writing

ll. Body Paragraph 2


 * How the world was changing around him and how that influenced him to write
 * How he predicted what the future would be like based on how the the world and technology changed, and how that influenced him in his writings

Vl. Concluding Paragraph


 * How his writings have influnced other people
 * Concluding statement

Anthony Hogeback Hogeback: 1

English 10

Mr.Shupp

November 30, 2011

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury was influenced to write Fahrenheit 451 by how the world was changing around him and how he thought the world would continue changing in the future. Ray was inspired to write his famous novel Fahrenheit 451 because he saw the world changing every day and predicted what it would be like 30 years later. He grew up in a time where TV was just introduced and the radio was becoming a big deal. He wrote this book to somewhat warn what that books would soon be lost to television and other upcoming technologies.

He was inspired to write by his aunt. As a kid he would go to plays and got to the library 3 times a day. He started taking writing seriously when he was in high school and he wanted to be an actor, but his English teacher told him that he had a gift in writing. He says that he was inspired to write partially because he made people want to read. When he saw his talent he began going to the library every day to study literature instead of going to a college or university. He began to write everyday for a couple hours and started writing full time in 1942. He grew up moving all the time as kid so this was incorporated into some of his writings, giving him themes and story lines. In his childhood he also experienced one of his brothers being still born, so sometimes in his writing style he will write quotes or sob stories having them deal with his brother. He always wrote with such passion and I think that it has somewhat to do with his childhood and lifestyle experiences and how he incorporates them into his stories.

Bradbury wrote and published the novel Fahrenheit 451 in 1953. The book was about a firefighter who goes to houses and burns all books found. Bradbury’s book was a prediction of what he thought was going to happen in the next 30 years culture wise and how the world was going to change. In the 30’s and 40’s he saw technologies such has the television and the radio get very popular. In the book, the firefighters wife “Mildred” is constantly watching he television and will not leave her room, this is what Bradbury thought was going to happen 30 years from them. In the book he thought that books would have already been extinct, so the firefighter that the book is based around goes around burning books because it is frowned upon to read them and if you have them you are sent to jail. Ray was inspired to write this book “Fahrenheit 451” because he saw the culture and world changing around him and thought that the book was a representation of how life would be like in the future and how literacy would be no longer a part of life.Ray was also motivated to write Fahrenheit 451 because he saw books were no longer being read and talked about as much as they used to. He wrote this novel to not only warn us about what the future would be like with all of the new technology but how much it would hurt our way of life.

In conclusion Ray Bradbury inspired authors to this day to write how he wrote and to become a literary genus such as Ray Bradbury. He was inspired to write because of his lifestyle and how to world was changing around him. He was also motivated to write Fahrenheit 451 because he saw that in time literacy would no longer be a part of life and he wanted to predict and warn people that there would be a time when we have books played in front of us and played to us instead of reading them. Bradbury was influenced to write Fahrenheit 451 by how the world was changing around him and how he thought the world would continue changing in the future

Anthony Hogeback Hogeback: 1

English 10

Mr.Shupp

November 30, 2011


 * Ray Bradbury**

Ray Bradbury was influenced to write the book __Fahrenheit 451__ by how the world was changing around him. In addition, his book was focused on how he thought the world would continue changing in the future. Bradbury was influenced to write his famous novel, __Fahrenheit 451__, because he saw the world changing every day and he wanted to predict what it would be like 30 years later. He grew up in a time where TV was just being introduced to society, and the radio was becoming a common household necessity. He wrote this book for the purpose of warning society that the importance of printed text would soon be lost to the more intriguing television and other upcoming technological devices. Ray Bradbury was inspired to write by his aunt. As a kid he would frequently attend plays. Furthermore, Bradbury would visit the library up to three times a day. He started taking writing seriously when he was in high school. Bradbury wanted to be an actor, but his English teacher told him that he had an innate gift for writing. Bradbury said that he was influenced to write partially because the writing produced fostered a desire to read within people. When he finally recognized his own talent, he began going to the library every day to study literature instead of going to a college or university. He began to write everyday for a couple hours and started writing full time in 1942. He grew up moving all the time as kid so his experiences were incorporated into some of his writings, giving him powerful themes and story lines. Bradbury wrote with a tremendous amount of passion. Bradbury’s life experiences and priorities influenced him to write the book __Fahrenheit 451__. Bradbury wrote and published the novel __Fahrenheit 451__ in 1953. The book was about a firefighter who goes to houses and burns all the books he finds. Bradbury’s book was a prediction of what he thought was going to happen in the next 30 years. He thought priorities would change with the introduction and acceptance of new technology. In the 30’s and 40’s he saw technologies such as the television and the radio gaining in popularity. In the book, the firefighter’s wife Mildred, is constantly watching he television and refuses to leave her room. This was one of Bradbury’s pervasive themes in the book. Thus, Bradbury was inspired to write the book __Fahrenheit 451__ because he saw the culture and world changing around him and thought that the book was a representation of how life would be like in the future. He was deeply concerned that literacy would be no longer a critical part of daily life. Lastly, Bradbury was also motivated to write __Fahrenheit 451__ because he noticed that books were no longer being read and talked about as much as they had been in the past. He wrote this novel not only to warn society about what the future would be like with all of the new technology, but to warn the population about how much it would be detrimental to our way of life. In conclusion, Ray Bradbury inspired authors to develop a deep passion for writing. He thought that if gifted writing pieces were produced then people would continue to be influenced to read those pieces. He was influenced to write because of his lifestyle and how the world was rapidly changing around him. In addition, Bradbury was motivated to write __Fahrenheit 451__ because he saw that in time literacy would no longer be a part of peoples’ daily lives. His mission was to warn people that there would be a time when they would have storylines played out in front of them using technology. Thus, the great skill of reading independently for entertainment, learning, and performing tasks would be nonexistent. Bradbury was influenced to write __Fahrenheit 451__ by how the world was changing around him and how he thought the world would continue changing in the future.


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