Literary Topic Related To Your Novel (Fahrenheit 451) In Some Way

Fahrenheit 451
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The Theme of Technology in Farhrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Outline
* INTRODUCTION
1 The author of the Novel
2 What type ofnovel is it
B. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
1. When was the book pubished
2. Biograohy of the author.
-When they were born.
-Circumstances and authors life experiences that led to the the writingof the novel.
3. Setting of the novel
C. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1. Bradbury had openly criticized audio and visual media for corrupting people’s minds.
2. Technology and alienation
3. Society and politics of propaganda.
4. Technology and the developments of the Second World War.
5. Symbolism to portray on how dangerous it can be to depend on Television for intellectual development rather than books solely.
6. The Novel as a science fiction.
D. RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1 How similar are the problems in Fahrenheit 451 to those faced in the world today?
2 How does the novel portray these problems?
3 How is the burning of books politically significant in Fahrenheit 451?
* HYPOTHESIS OF STUDY
Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 has pointed out how technology has alienated man from the search of knowledge and embrace entertainment for self-fulfilment.
* PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1 The aim of this paper is to illustrate how technology has alienated human beings from the search of knowledge and embrace entertainment for self-fulfillment.
2 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1 Explore societal understanding of technology as visualized by Bradbury.
2 Motivated by the love of science fiction.
3 Achievement of course objectives.
3 CONCLUSION
1 Fahrenheit 451’s rhetoric’s gives an understanding on how technology can be a man’s best companion and simultaneously his worst enemy.
Introduction
Farhrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a novel that realistically portrays the issues of modernisation in a technologically driven world. The novel is based on how individuals have been alienated from knowledge by a society that has developed an addiction to artificial influences enhanced by technological developments.
Background Information
Fahrenheit 451 is a clairvoyantly dystopic novel that was authored by Ray Bradbury, an American Fantasy and Horror writer that never wanted to be referred to as a Science Fiction author. The book was published in 1953 where it became instantly classic because it delves into conformism and censorship. Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopia that represents the future American society where critical thought is prohibited, at the expense of technology.
The author, Ray Douglas Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. He was from a family of six where his father worked as a telephone lineman. He is well known for his Science Fiction short stories which combine social criticism of the dangers of technology.
The setting of the novel is a large American city sometime in the future known as Elm City. Actions in this novel take place in the countryside. It is symbolic for it represents purity and return to the human roots as opposed to the corruptedness of life in the city. Published during the era in which there was a global spread of communism an...