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This is Bradburys best-known novel. The science fiction tale concerns censorship and anti-intellectualism, carried on in an alternate society that conducts huge book burnings as part of the social agenda. It is a spooky and yet uplifting book.
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Life and Background Introduction to Bradbury's Fiction Introduction to the Novel List of Characters Critical Commentaries Critical Analyses Critical Essays Dystopian Fiction and Fahrenheit 451 The Issue of Censorship Review Questions and Essay Topics Bradbury's Published Works Selected Bibliography Selected Bibliography on Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
by Samuel J. Umland, Ph.D. Department of English University of Nebraska
INCORPORATED LINCOLN, NEBRASKA 68501
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Editor Gary Carey, M.A. University of Colorado
Consulting Editor James L. Roberts, Ph.D. Department of English University of Nebraska
ISBN 0-8220-0458-5 Copyright 1994 by Cliffs Notes, Inc. All Rights Reserved Printed in U.S.A.
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Contents
Life and Background
5
Introduction to Bradbury's Fiction
7
Introduction to the Novel
11
List of Characters
15
Critical Commentaries
Part I: The Hearth and the Salamander
17
Part II: The Sieve and the Sand
26
Part III: Burning Bright
37
Character Analyses
Guy Montag
48
Captain Beatty
50
Clarisse McClellan
50
Professor Faber
51
Mildred Montag
51
Granger
52
The Mechanical Hound
53
Critical Essays
Dystopian Fiction and Fahrenheit 451
53
The Issue of Censorship
55
Review Questions and Essay Topics
57
Bradbury's Published Works
58
Selected Bibliography
59
Selected Bibliography on Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
60
Centerfold: Fahrenheit 451 Character Web
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Fahrenheit 451 Notes
Life and Background
Ray Douglas Bradbury, one of America's finest writers, was born on August 22, 1920, in the town of Waukegan, Illinois. Often said to be this country's best science fiction writer, Bradbury has also earned acclaim in the fields of poetry, drama, and screenwriting. As a young boy, Bradbury's life revolved around magic, magicians, circuses, and other such fantasies. Whenever traveling circuses pitched their tents in Waukegan, Bradbury and his brother were always on hand. When he was eleven, and Blackstone the Magician came to town, Bradbury attended every performance. Mr. Electrico, another magician of sorts, particularly impressed Bradbury with his death-defying electric chair act. In fact, this magician once gave young Bradbury such a convincing talk that Bradbury decided to become a magicianthe best in the world!
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