This is the place to give more detailed observations on how Bradbury maintains momentum the middle section of Fahrenheit 451 - where things are developing apace. The Hound is sniffing around Montag's ...

These days, directors are expected to talk up their films, and for good reason: it’s likely that François Truffaut’s remarks about his 1966 film “Fahrenheit 451” (which I discuss in this clip) are in ...

There is a conversation near the end of Ray Bradbury’s original Fahrenheit 451 novel in which two characters discuss the quality of mankind through history. In essence, they ponder whether we, as a ...

I'm going to need a fan, because Michael B. Jordan is hot in the new trailer for HBO's Fahrenheit 451. Part dystopian thriller, part political commentary, and part TV event that lets us stare at ...

When bookburners dress for the dystopia of Fahrenheit 451, their regal uniforms reflect the fire they used to destroy knowledge. The unnatural effect proved highly flammable, which is why the ...

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When Ray Bradbury was 15 years old, he saw images of books being burned in Hitler's Germany. "It killed my heart and killed my soul," he says, "and the memory of Hitler burning the books caused me to ...

Here we can talk in detail about what happens in the first part of the book: how Bradbury sets the scene, what themes emerge, what works and what doesn't. First a quick refresher. Part one is where we ...