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Fahrenheit 451
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Overview
The publication of American novelist Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 in 1953 helped to transition the dystopian/science fiction genre from the niche arena of pulp magazines and comic books to mainstream fiction. The futuristic novel takes place in a culture that has banned books. Time and place (probably Midwestern America) are unidentified, but the country is on the brink of war with an unnamed foe. “The Hearth and the Salamander,” “The Sieve and the Sand,” and “Burning Bright” are the three sections into which the work is divided. The title references the temperature at which paper ignites and burns, as happens to books that the “firemen” seek out in Fahrenheit 451. Like many of Bradbury’s works, the novel explores The Impact of Censorship on Society, The Triumph of Knowledge over Ignorance, and Technology and the Natural World. Fahrenheit 451 is considered a classic work of American literature.
This study guide has been prepared using the e-book version of the novel published by Simon & Schuster in 2011.
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