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TED-Ed: Why should you read “Fahrenheit 451”? - Iseult Gillespie
Ray Bradbury’s novel imagines a world where books are banned- and possessing, let alone reading them, is forbidden.The protagonist, Montag, is a fireman responsible for destroying what remains. The story raises the question: how can you...
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Ray Bradbury
Awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, recognizing a lifetime of influential literary works, Ray Bradbury wrote from a desire to “live forever”. Through sci fi, fantasy, horror and mystery to themes of death, loneliness and the dark...
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Powering Through Prose: Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 - Theme of Literature and Writing
Imagine living in a world where simply reading a good book could get you killed! This lesson explores the theme of Literature and Writing in Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451. Watch how Guy Montag’s awakening to the joy of literature...
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Powering Through Prose: Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 - Plot Summary
Enter a world of television screens, robotic dogs and burning books! Join us for an amazing animated journey into the scary futuristic society of Fahrenheit 451. Freedom of thought is censored and all books are destroyed in the world of...
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Powering Through Prose: Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 - Part 3 Summary
Guy has just completed his final job and the time has come to be brave. After an epic battle with his boss, Guy knows he must escape this crazy city. But will the police, media and Mechanical Hounds let him? And even if he makes it, how...
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Powering Through Prose: Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 - Part 2 Summary
Guy Montag is beginning to see that escape is the only answer to a society that has banned thinking! While his wife lives to watch television, Guy finds a fellow book-lover and learns what lies beyond his media-mad world. When he’s...
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Powering Through Prose: Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 - Part 1 Summary
Guy Montag is a fireman with a mission: to burn all books. But one day he starts to wonder: what’s inside all these books? His wife is too busy watching television to care. Guy begins to sense that all is not well in his media-obsessed...
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Powering Through Prose: Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 - Theme of Censorship
Don’t speak your mind! Don’t write about the truth! That’s what it’s like in the world of Fahrenheit 451. The mass media is a joke and independent thought is dangerous. As for books, they’re burned… sometimes with their owners! Watch...
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Powering Through Prose: Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 - Context
Join us for an overview of Ray Bradbury’s world. We’ll show you how key issues and events in the real world shaped his ideas in Fahrenheit 451. Find out how the novel critiques key moments in history, including McCarthyism, 1950s...
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A Conversation with Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury's enthusiasm for books and libraries comes through in this short video and is sure to engage readers. Young writers will also be inspired by Bradbury's comments on his sources of inspiration and his writing process.
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Shmoop: Fahrenheit 451: Analysis
Explore fahrenheit and temperature through this video. [2:24]