Fahrenheit 451 related songs?
gods gunna cut you down- johnny cash - no trust - the government will not stand sturdy if the people spread thought (best song for this purpose)Man of A thousand faces- regina spektor -knowingness -book steeling -speaking out -hippo critical Society Genius next door - intelligence being oppressed. riot gear - why the world is the way it is - oblivious to war and pain imagine- John Lennon -hope for a different way or world ( listen to all of these so you can have an opinion also.)
What songs relate to Fahrenheit 451?
Montag when he realizes that Mildred is virtually brain-dead. He leaves her in the city- Knowing me Knowing You ABBA or Tonight I Want to Cry, Keith Urban Clarisse tells montag to get out and live- There is life outside your apartment, Avenue Q (it needs to be edited) Clarisse has always been (to me) So She Dances by Josh Groban or Everything Michael Buble Another Josh Groban song that is appropriate is Machine- Montag to Mildred and really the whole world Montag when he decides to embrace books- Meant to Live by Switchfoot Montag escaping the city- Staying Alive BeeGees The Book People- The Best is Yet to Come Michael Buble or It's Not Over Daughtry The pivotal rain scene with Clarisse and Montag- Remember When it Rained Josh Groban The Hound (building or motivation)- Hell to Your Doorstep- Frank Wildhorn Count of Monte Cristo Faber and/ or Clarisse as they help Montag see the world differently- Look Through My Eyes Tarzan Montag- I am Changing Dreamgirls Beatty as he provokes Montag into torching him- Going Under Evanescence The society (especially Beatty and the Firemen) are all a Facade- Frank WIldhorn (Jekyll and Hyde) Beatty's reasoning- Good and Evil Frank Wildhorn Jekyll and Hyde... Just look through your itunes and I am sure you can find more. Hope these helped get the ball rolling!
How do the Salem Witch Trials relate to the book Fahrenheit 451?
Guy Montague and those who follow intellectual pursuits long exterminated by this modern society Bradbury captured are persecuted and hunted down, quite literally, quite similarly to the paranoia of the Salem hunt to find the supposed "enemy" of society.
What literary period is Fahrenheit 451 in, and why?
It's post-modernist. The two obvious reasons are it's date of publication, and the the fact that it's literary sci-fi. If you need more specific information email me and I'll send you the 7 common traits for post-modernism so you can use the correct vocab. Just remember that your first hint at separating modernism from post modernism is the end of WW2 plus five years, so around 1950. As a rule if an author published something after that date his work is considered post-modernist. Fahrenheit 451 first appeared in print in 1950, so it's a pretty easy case to make.
How does technology in fahrenheit 451 compare to technology today?
The shells people put in their ears are eerily similar to modern day earbuds. The walls are similar to large flat screen televisions of today. The trains are also similar to modern trains (BART, subway, bullet train). The way Mildred's relatives were all characters on the "walls" is very similar to how today we can have friends that we don't even know on social networking sites like Myspace and Facebook. Other things, such as the hand that puts toast on a person's plate (I believe that is from Fahrenheit 451, I could be wrong) and the robotic dog are pretty far fetched. EDIT: Silly Turtle brings up a good point. I shouldn't be doing your homework, but I want more points!
What are some good thought-provoking books to read like Fahrenheit 451, A Song of Ice and Fire, and The Catcher in the Rye?
There are loads of good suggestions here already. I've found that I lean toward nonfiction, so here are some generally nonfiction suggestions. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert PersigGödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter. This book, which is loosely centered around the theme of recursion, is not light reading, but I read it when I was about 17 or 18. It's a classic at this point, and some of the points it touches on about artificial intelligence are likely out of date, but it is still a mind-opener.On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin. This one is in the public domain, so you can find it on Gutenberg, Archive, or elsewhere for free. The language may feel a bit dated to you, but it's reasonably accessible, and you can learn firsthand the beginnings of this theory. Darwin, without any understanding of DNA, anticipated many objections to the theory of evolution which are still being raised. For context, you may wish to read this book in conjunction with a contemporary biography of Darwin, such as The Reluctant Mr. Darwin. Flatland, by Edwin Abbott. This one is filed in my local library as fiction, but it's a discussion of what dimensions are, and what additional ones might look like. This one is also public domain.Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman. A lighthearted, first-person glimpse at a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and all-round character Richard Feynman. If you like it, and want to know more about him or his work, there is plenty more Feynman to read. You might proceed to The Pleasure of Finding Things Out or Six Easy Pieces, to name a couple.The Circuit, by Francisco Jimenez. You'll likely find this and the other two books in the series categorized as fiction, because the chronology has been smoothed to a more readable narrative, but they are the true story of the author's youth as a migrant farm worker harvesting crops in California. I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou. Also one of a larger series, and also a chronicle of the author's life.
Why is Fahrenheit 451 considered to be a Sci-fi classic?
Fahrenheit 451 is rightly considered to be a sci-fi classic because it is a brilliantly written, compelling, tragic, dystopic vision of a future that is all too possible.Bradbury saw what was coming and warned against it. He saw book burnings as an element of an anti-intellectual movement that would reduce humans to little more than drugged up bags of emotional reactions.His vision of the future is one where the screens are everywhere, people interact constantly with music or TV shows, they ignore the humans in front of them and do not care about their fellow human beings.He is writing an extreme yet elements ring true.He also gave us a compelling plot and strong central character in the fireman who realises he is burning his own heritage.Because it was Bradbury, and he was a genius, he also gave us wonderful inverted terms like Fireman for the man who starts fires.We feel a shiver when we realise how much has changed and how easy it would be to fall into that world.We feel deep emotion over the loss of books, the love of books, and the Book People, which all feed into a desperate yearning to let our hero, Guy, win against the powers arrayed against him.We also feel that everything that happens is possible, an unlikely but plausible extension of current society, and that the lack of a large resistance against it is also only too plausible.On top of that, Bradbury gives us some cracking action scenes, particularly when he releases the Mechanical Hound against our hero that still thrill today.(My other half was reading that part this summer when we were due to go out with friends, lifted his eyes about two inches above the top of the page and said in a plaintive voice, “He’s just released the Hound!” as a reason why he’d be late.Because it was me, my only response to his comment was, “Fair enough. We’ll see you later. Bye!”In the end, he finished it before joining us, still breathless with exhilaration over it.)So all the elements of a sci-fi classic are there - compelling characters, a futuristic vision of a world that is both plausible and well imagined, and a plot that leaves you gripping the book and hoping that you don’t have to leave the house before you can finish it.Plus it’s Bradbury, so it is all presented in beautiful prose.If you liked this question, you may also appreciate this one: If you were one of the Book People in Ray Bradbury's classic novel FAHRENHEIT 451, what book would you choose to 'be'?
IB English Extended Essay help!?
Literature displays flaw in utopian societies by suggesting that its impossible. As much as we try to be equal, kind, or flawless in our own world, it will never happen. As long as there is human nature, this will be imperfection. Fahrenheit 451 is about a society that burns books. The prospect of people thinking for themselves is forbidden and therefore knowledge (books) are destroyed. In Brave New World, people are created the way Society wants, and they're all born in incubators. They follow the same routine every day and are essentially clones. Anthem by Ayn Rand is about people who's lives/jobs are pre-chosen, and whatever is decided by the overlying authority will be assumed by you to live for the rest of your life. You also have no name, and are grouped with other people under a number and a word. (Equality 7-2521) 1984 is very similar to Fahrenheit 451. You are not allowed to think for yourself, and if you do, you are caught by the Thought Police and punished. To be a free thinker is to be condemned. All of these books are people who have tried to create a utopian society and ultimately failed. In general message given out by these stories is that you can try as you may to create a perfect world, but you can't necessarily destroy human nature. Human Nature, which is by no means perfect or Utopia-esque at all. While attempting to create perfection, they created a dystopia. The opposite affect. As for Lord of the Flies, (since you've read it) encompasses the fact that man without law will eventually become degenerate. As you see in the book, the conch shell symbolized the humane society the boys had created, but it broke and bit by bit the boys eventually turned to savage, wild ways. Suggesting that beneath the skin of all men, is the wild nature we would otherwise use to survive in harsh conditions. I would suggest trying for an essay that draws from the message of all of the previous mentioned novels. It gives you a lot to work off of. You'd be using both your interpretations and the method of compare and contrast. Anyways, all of those are really good books. And in your spare time you should read them.