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Fahrenheit 451

describes a future America in which books are prohibited and burned. [Am. Lit.: Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 in Weiss, 289]

See: Censorship

Fahrenheit 451

in an America of the future the fireman’s job is to burn all books that have been concealed from authorities. [Am. Lit.: Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 in Weiss, 289]

See: Fire

Fahrenheit 451

in a future America where books are prohibited, a group of people memorize texts in order to preserve their content. [Am. Lit.: Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 in Weiss, 289]

See: Memory

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Bradbury, Ray 1993 (1953): Fahrenheit451. Hammersmith: Flamingo.

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The ABA Division for Public Education offers a Teaching Resource Bulletin on "Law and Literature Across the Curriculum." The bulletin provides lesson plans for teaching Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit451 and censorship; Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" and the American jury; Bruce Springsteen's "American Skin" and race in the criminal justice system; and Anton Chekhov's "The Bet" and the death penalty.