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"Fahrenheit 451" Ray Bradbury - Coggle Diagram
"Fahrenheit 451" Ray Bradbury
Genre: Dystopian Fiction. Sci-Fi. Speculative Fiction
Characters in Dystopias
Features of a Dystopian Novel
Types of control---Power Dynamics
Plot Development
Characters
Guy Montag (protagonist)
Clarisse (the neighbour)
Faber (the professor)
Mildred (the wife)
Captain Beatty (the boss)
Mechanical Hounds
Publication Date: 1953
Context
Title and its significance: it's the temp at which the pages of a book start burning
3 parts
All titled---
decoded both on a literal and a metaphorical/symbolic level
Freytag's Pyramid: Exposition. Climax, Resolution
Ends on a hopeful end
1st Part: The Hearth and the Salamander
Images related to Fire
decoded on both the levels
destructive----
Conflict: Character vs. Society
Character vs. Technology
Setting: The US. Near Future. After 2 nuclear wars.
2nd Part: The Sieve and the Sand
3rd part: Burning Bright
WWII---1945
Nuclear War
Cold War USSR and US
TV---source of infotaintment
Dystopia
Social Critique