Title: Fahrenheit 451
Author: Rad Bradbury
Author's Website: http://www.raybradbury.com/
ISBN: 978-0-329-93351-7
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Copyright Date: 1951
Copyright Date: 1951
Genre: Classic
Reading Level/Interest Age: 15-18
Awards: Booklist, 1997.
Plot Summary: Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which books burn. Guy Montag is a fireman in a world where books are outlawed and burned by himself and other "firemen". Television rules this society and Guy never questions this existence, until he meets Clarisse who shares with him how big of a part literature played in that past. Eventually, Guy is stealing books from homes instead of burning them, and comes to realize how shallow his friends and wife are. He longs for intellectual conversation, and befriends an old college professor whol ultimately helps him when the fire department comes to burn Guy's house down.
Critical Evaluation: Ray Bradbury does an excellent job of sharing a glimpse into a world without literature. He successfully infuses his novel with themes such as knowledge vs. ignorance, and provokes the reader to examine important values in our society.
Reader's Annotation: Guy Montag is a fireman in a world where books are outlawed and burned by himself and other "firemen". Will Guy come to realize the importance of literature, and will it be too late?
Critical Evaluation: Ray Bradbury does an excellent job of sharing a glimpse into a world without literature. He successfully infuses his novel with themes such as knowledge vs. ignorance, and provokes the reader to examine important values in our society.
Reader's Annotation: Guy Montag is a fireman in a world where books are outlawed and burned by himself and other "firemen". Will Guy come to realize the importance of literature, and will it be too late?
Booktalking Ideas: Censorship
Why did you include this book: Bradbury explores the danger and effects of too much television and emphasizes an importance in literature and learning.
Quote: A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? Me? I won't stomach them for a minute.
Quote: A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man? Me? I won't stomach them for a minute.
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