Ben+T.

3rd Block

=__Fahrenheit 451 Movie Poster__:=



__Rationale__:
Fahrenheit 451 is about Guy Montag's journey in a futuristic, anti-intellect United States as a "fire fighter" who burns books and the places in which they reside. Montag, although he burns books for a living, develops a fondness for reading and is forced to steal reading material. His wife Mildred represents the common human, as she is very lackadaisical and completely enthralled in television and nothing more, she is not even interested in communicating with her own husband. I used a burning book as the poster's main theme because it is also the book's main theme; but, the burning book also represents the true meaning of the book, that is censorship is pointless and eliminates the point of reading altogether. I used the bold red letters to give a sense of urgency and make the overall concept of censorship seem devious and, sort of, evil. I used the white letters to give my point of view on the role of censorship, which is that it needs to be stopped.

**__Image__** __Sources__:
http://bighugelabs.com/poster.php http://www.opednews.com/articles/Syrian-fighters-burning-bo-by-Lilly-Martin-130313-73.html

Ben Taylor

Dr. Gunter

A.P. Language B

27 March 2013

=__**Fahrenheit 451 Annotated**__ **__Bibliography__:**=

Cline, Austin. "Christian Wants 'Fahrenheit 451' Removed From Class". About.com. N.p., 8 Oct. 2006. Web. 27 Mar. 2013.

...rather than simply objecting to his own daughter reading it, he doesn't want anyone to read it...". The ultimate point of the article was that, no matter how much a person disagrees with the things an author puts into a book, banning a book totally instead of writing a note to excuse only that person's child from reading it is wrong and is not for that parent to decide.
 * (**__**This** **author and I differ on religiou****s**__ **__beliefs__.)**This article discusses the intentions of a father to ban "Fahrenheit 451" from the curriculum at a high school in Montgomery County, Texas, where his daughter attends. The father who was attempting to get the book banned hadn't even read the book, he had "skimmed" through the book and had become distraught over Bradbury's use of "God d**n" along with the smoking of cigarettes, violence, "dirty talk", and talk of being drunk. The author of the article claimed a view similar to that of my own when he stated, "

"Why Fahrenheit 451 Should not be Banned From School?". WriteWork.com. N.p. 24 Oct. 2007. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

This article explains another student's opinion as to why Fahrenheit 451 should not be banned. In the article, the student pleas with his school board in hopes that "after careful consideration and thought that the board will decide not to ban Fahrenheit 451" on the grounds that "Fahrenheit 451 should not be banned, because profanity is already commonplace in school, it has educational content, and the book shows some scary revelations of the future...". The student makes very strong points in the passage about how banning a book is practically burning that book as they do in Fahrenheit 451, and how a ban of the book Fahrenheit 451 "would be very ironic" because of all of the bad language in public schools. The student also makes a point, based off of Bradbury's overall goal of showing what it would be like without a "thirst for knowledge", when he asserted that the academic gain from the book outweighs the profane language.

Wolf, Baldassarro R. "Banned Books Awareness: “Fahrenheit 451″ by Ray Bradbury". World.edu. N.p. 3 January 2011. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

This very short, yet informative article explains that Fahrenheit 451 was banned in 1988 in West Marion High School, Foxworth, Mississippi because of its usage of "God d**n" and other suggestive themes. The article also mentions that McCarthyism advocates were against the book because it advocated opposition. The book was published in the early 1950's and was a new concept because it advocated opposition to the banning and censorship of books, and some authoritarian groups, like the McCarthyists, were very much against that policy.

"Banned Book Week: Fahrenheit 451". Blogspot.com. N.p. 4 Oct. 2012. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

This article refers to people who banned Fahrenheit 451 as "closed minded". The author of the article explains how he finds the banning of a book based on profanity and the burning of a Bible to be ridiculous because "...the Bible is a book and susceptible to being burned by people who may not acknowledge or believe in its purpose." The article also suggests that people who ban books such as Fahrenheit 451 have not read the book, or have not fully understood its purpose. The author closes off his article with a quote that sums up his whole opinion into one sentence, "...or rather, don't censor it until you read it."

Boyle-Johnston, Amy E. "Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 Misinterpreted". Laweekly.com. N.p. 30 May 2007. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.

This article accredits Ray Bradbury as the first science fiction/fantasy author to receive the Pulitzer Prize. In the article, the author refers to interviews conducted with Mr. Bradbury in which he denied all claims that his book Fahrenheit 451 is about government censorship or that his book is a response to McCarthyism. Bradbury states that he was trying to imply that television eliminates interest in "reading literature". Bradbury asserted, "television gives you the dates of Napoleon, but not who he was" as an attempt to explain that television can give you information, but it barely scratches the surface of the topic. Bradbury believes that it is evident that this process of deterioration of information and books in the present day news, Bradbury proclaimed, "they stuff you with so much useless information, you feel full."

**__Annotated Bibliography Sources__**:
Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source 5
 * http://atheism.about.com/b/2006/10/08/christian-wants-farenheit-451-removed-from-class.htm
 * http://www.writework.com/essay/why-fahrenheit-451-should-not-banned-school
 * http://world.edu/banned-book-awareness-fahrenheit-451-ray-bradbury/
 * http://soonrememberedtales.blogspot.com/2012/10/banned-books-week-fahrenheit-451.html
 * http://www.laweekly.com/2007-05-31/news/ray-bradbury-fahrenheit-451-misinterpreted/