Fahrenheit 451 and Related Readings (Literature Connections SourceBook)

By Ray Bradbury

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395878071
• ISBN13: 9780395878071
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: McDougal Littell
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

Customer Reviews

Written in the b-a-s-e-m-e-n-t of the UCLA library.

451 is the temperature at which book paper burns. One major difference between the book and the movie “Fahrenheit 451” (1966) -- Oskar Werner and Julie Christie-- is that in the film, the "written word" was completely removed (even from the credits). Whereas in the book, the state was opposed to “literature” and not “technical writing.” Books symbolize ideas that could also be represented on screen. There is a distinction between training and education. Additionally, in the book, a book symbolized one man's superiority over another in a world of equals. I won't reveal much of the story, as the unfolding adds to the intrigue. However, now that houses are fireproof, firemen's purpose is to serve by burning books to keep a happy social order. Of course, one fireman goes astray after several emotional incidents that conflict with his role. This leads to various deviant actions, such as reading “literature”. What are you doing now?