9TH ELAF451 Q *&ASTUDY GUIDEBACKGROUND INFORMATION
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| What type of genre is this novel? | Science Fiction - It is a dystopian novel.
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| When was this novel first published? | 1953
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| Who is the author? | Ray Bradbury
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| What point of view is this novel written in? | 3rd person limited
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| What is “utopian”? | an ideal world
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| What is “dystopian”? | A dystopia, on the other hand, is a world in which nothing is perfect. The problems that plague our world are often even more extreme in dystopias. Dystopia is a play on the made-up word utopia using the prefix dys, which means bad or difficult. Words like dysfunctional or dyslexia illustrate the use of this prefix. the opposite of an ideal world
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| What is a “salamander” and how is it used in the novel? | The firemen had a salamander as their symbol since there was a myth that salamanders could live through fire.
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| What is a “phoenix” and how is it used in the novel? | bird which caught on fire and was reborn from its ashes (SYMBOL OF REBIRTH)
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| What is “Fahrenheit 451” (besides the title of the novel)? | the temperature at which books burn
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| Who is Guy Montag patterned after in history? | Guy Fawkes - plotted to blow up the English Parliament but was stopped. British celebrate Guy Fawkes Day (Nov. 5) to remember that the plan failed.
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| the temperature at which books burn | Fahrenheit 451”
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