82 pages • 2 hours read
Fahrenheit 451
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1953A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Introduction
Fahrenheit 451
- Genre: Fiction; dystopian
- Originally Published: 1953
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 890L; grades 9-10
- Structure/Length: 3 parts; approx. 167 pages; approx. 5 hours on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: Firefighter Guy Montag is complicit in a future society’s protocol of burning books, which are now illegal; as his relationships with two dissenters develop, Montag must grapple with his newfound convictions about human thought, freedom, and knowledge.
Ray Bradbury, Author
- Bio: 1920-2012; born and raised in the Midwest before relocating to Los Angeles; produced more than 500 works of literature, ranging from novels to short stories to plays, screenplays, TV scripts, and verse
- Other Works: The Martian Chronicles (1950); The Illustrated Man (1951); Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962)
- Awards: National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (2000); National Medal of Arts (2004)
CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit:
- The Impact of Censorship on Society
- The Triumph of Knowledge Over Ignorance
- Technology and the Natural World
STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Unit, students will:
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