Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 Introductory Material

Ray Bradbury asked, "What if there were no...?"

• pedestrians

• sidewalks

• firefighters

• tomorrow

Which genre did Ray Bradbury write in?

• Science Fiction

• Dystopian

• Historical Fiction

• Prophesy

Match the characters to the descriptions.

• boss at the fire station; hates books

• Captain Beatty

• young woman who prefers nature and books

• Mildred Montag

• 30 year old fireman

• Guy Montag

• employee of seashell factory pill addict

• Clarisse

• regrets not stopping the banning of book

• Faber

Sci-fi allows for exploration of alternative realities, so it is called ----.

• speculative fiction

• memoirs

• blank verse

• alternative genre of modernism

Which are the characteristics of a dystopian society?

• The natural world (as we know it) is banished and destroyed

• ​Freedoms are restricted​

• Citizens are under constant surveillance

•   ​People have a fear of the outside world

• ​A figurehead or concept is worshiped in the society

Describe the archetypal character of the dystopian hero according to the worksheet.

• A rebel with a cause, often fighting against a corrupt system

• A character with no distinctive qualities or abilities

• A sidekick to the main protagonist, providing comic relief

• A villain working against the protagonist's goals

In ​ (a)   , Ray Bradbury composed Fahrenheit 451 after being confronted by a ​ (b)   while walking home late one night in California, but Bradbury set the novel in ​ (c)   .

• fireman
• 1926
• Not sure

• 1953
• 2053
• policeman

451 degrees was suggested as...

• the temperature at which books burn

• Bradbury's address

• Montag's address

• the number of books Bradbury published

• 1941 - the year Bradbury wrote the book