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Fahrenheit 451 notes: Source: "JiffyNotes: Fahrenheit 451: Summary: Historical Context." //Jiffynotes.com - Novel Resource Guide and Literary Analysis//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. . Source: "The Big Read | Fahrenheit 451." //The Big Read | National Endowment for the Arts//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. . Source: "American Cultural History - 1950-1959." //LSC-Kingwood Library//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. . Source: "US History: Economics of the 1950." //US History: 1950-1975//. Web. 30 Nov. 2011. .
 * 1) published in 1953
 * 2) there was not a such thing as science fiction before this
 * 3) during his writing book burning of the nazi regime were happening
 * 4) freedom of books was concern of central of liberal-minded people
 * 5) bredbury missed college during due to depression
 * 6) in october 19 the book was published
 * 7) had to learn from the public library
 * 8) started writing full time in mid twenties
 * 9) height of the cold war during this time
 * 10) procensorships were being introduced in America
 * 11) joseph mccarthy led to blackballing creative people in hollywood
 * 12) during the nazi anit-intellectualism period
 * 13) emerged during the "authoriarian society" interest point
 * 14) nuclear holocaust was a major concern induring then too
 * 15) expansion of tvs
 * 16) expansion of radios
 * 17) book burnings were in public by nazi (firemen)
 * 18) evelution rock n roll first came during 50's
 * 19) this is why radio got big
 * 20) Rock n roll came to be
 * 1) Bradbury was born on august 22, 1920
 * 2) grew up in Waukegan, illinois
 * 3) family member was once in the salem witch project
 * 4) the salem witch project was in the 17th century
 * 5) family drove across country to live in LA
 * 6) did that in 1934
 * 7) greatly influenced by L. frank baum
 * 8) he wrote the wonderful wizard of oz
 * 9) found out he wasnt the only one interested in sci fi in 1936
 * 10) here he discovered the "los angeles sci fi society"
 * 11) he joined almost immediatley
 * 12) other influences included Robert A. Heinlein, Leigh Brackett, and future Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard
 * 13) got rejected from pulp mag "weird tales"
 * 14) sent "homecoming" to //Mademoiselle//.
 * 15) herman capote assisted him with this
 * 16) won the O. henry prize stories
 * 17) married Marguerite McClurein 1947
 * 18) she was also very interested in books
 * 19) with 2 kids he was very distracted to write
 * 20) also found out about the burning of the library in Alexandria
 * 1) people came back from WWII
 * 2) with this people bought things they could not before
 * 3) baby boom was underway
 * 4) harry truman (prez in 1950) approved of hydrogen bombs (bombing in the city)
 * 5) transcontinental tv starts (earpiece with faber)
 * 6) exsistentalism art was starting
 * 7) consumernism was becoming big
 * 8) suburbia started
 * 9) ranch style houses were created
 * 10) and international houses (evelution in housing)
 * 11) the first thought of robots came to be
 * 12) education was undergoing great change with the racial interaction
 * 13) conservatism was big along with anticommunism
 * 14) religion became stronger
 * 15) highways were now becoming widely built
 * 16) cars were seen as having popularity
 * 17) clothing was plain
 * 18) flying saucer watching became bigger
 * 19) watching tv for hours was now accepted as normal
 * 20) tvs now became colored
 * 1) Marlyn Monroe was famous during then
 * 2) Lucille Ball was famous
 * 3) Elvis Presley was now famous
 * 4) James dean was now a famous actor
 * 5) Frank Sinatra became big
 * 6) John Wayne made many movies
 * 7) called the nifty fiffties
 * 8) started January 1st, 1950
 * 9) ended December 31st, 1959
 * 10) space race was begin to be a concern
 * 11) Korean war began in the begining of the decade
 * 12) increased testing in nuclear bombs
 * 13) modern family was a nuclear family
 * 14) a nuclear family is 1 mom, 1 dad, and 2 children
 * 15) the population at the time was 151,684,000
 * 3,288,000 were unemployed
 * 1) average woman life expentency is 71.1
 * 2) average man life expentency is 65.6
 * 3) $.14 was the price of a loaf of bread
 * $2,992 is the average salary