1. By Ray Bradbury

2. Ray Bradbury Born August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois
One of the most prominent American Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, and Mystery Fiction writers of the 20th and 21st Centuries

3. Ray Bradbury Best known for his dystopian novels
Explored the human condition
Explored the human heart

4. Technology Has a distrust of technology He never learned to drive
refused to use a computer
avoided flying for over 60 years
Skeptic of E Books and E readers
“Science fiction is a wonderful hammer; I intend to use it when and if necessary, to bark a few shins or knock a few heads, in order to make people leave people alone.”

5. Famous Works
Bradbury has published more than thirty books, close to 600 short stories, and numerous poems, essays and plays.

6. Fahrenheit 451
What temperature does books burn at?

7. It is the 24th century. Books are considered dangerous and illegal
It is the 24th century. Books are considered dangerous and illegal. Nobody is allowed to own them. Most people are happy being plugged into their technology, where they do not have to think too hard. All books that are found are burned.

8. Why are books so dangerous?

9. “It was a pleasure to burn”
Guy Montag is a fireman. It is not his job to put out fires. It is his job to start them.

10. Before Clarisse, Guy Montag was proud to be a fireman, proud to uphold the law, proud to burn. A man once sure of his purpose is now suddenly questioning his mere existence.

11. It wouldn’t hurt just to take one and read it, right?
He wonders why books must be burned.
What power do they have?
It wouldn’t hurt just to take one and read it, right?

12. Guy used to uphold and enforce the law
Guy used to uphold and enforce the law. Bringing home a book will cause a chain of events that not even he could have anticipated…

13. Meet Ray Bradbury
As you watch the following interview, jot down notes about Ray Bradbury’s personality and purpose. What stood out to you? What do you assume his writing will be like? Be ready to discuss!
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14. reports on June 6, 2012
Ray Bradbury, Who Brought Mars to Earth With a Lyrical Mastery, Dies at 91