Fahrenheit 451

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Fahrenheit 451 is a classic dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury that depicts a future society where books are banned and "firemen" burn any that are found.

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instanceOf dystopian novel
novel
adaptedInto Fahrenheit 451 self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1966 film "Fahrenheit 451"

2018 film "Fahrenheit 451"
radio drama
stage play
author Ray Bradbury
centralTheme anti-intellectualism
book burning
censorship
conformity
freedom of thought
mass media influence
state control
considered canonical work of dystopian fiction
classic of 20th-century literature
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depictsSocietyWhere books are banned
firemen burn books
explores impact of technology on human relationships
loss of individual critical thinking
role of government in controlling information
firstPublishedAs expanded version of novella "The Fireman"
genre dystopian fiction
science fiction
social criticism
hasISBN 9781451673319
hasNarrativePerspective third-person limited
hasPart "Burning Bright"
"The Hearth and the Salamander"
"The Sieve and the Sand"
hasSetting unnamed American city
includedIn American high school curricula
literaryMovement postwar American literature
mainCharacter Captain Beatty
Clarisse McClellan
Faber
Granger
Guy Montag
Mildred Montag
notableFor critique of television culture
imagery of fire and burning
originalLanguage English
originalMedium print
protagonistOccupation fireman
publicationYear 1953
publisher Ballantine Books
setInPeriod future
titleRefersTo temperature at which book paper is said to catch fire

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Fahrenheit 451 adaptedInto Fahrenheit 451 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1966 film "Fahrenheit 451"
François Truffaut directed Fahrenheit 451
Random House notablePublication Fahrenheit 451
François Truffaut notableWork Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury notableWork Fahrenheit 451