FAHRENHEIT 451

RAY BRADBURY

• Written in 1950s
• Commentary on social issues of the times
• Written as a warning for what life could turn into
• Classified as a piece of dystopian literature
• Set in the future

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

POPULAR DYSTOPIAN PIECES

• Hunger Games series
• Total Recall
• I Robot
• Fahrenheit 451
• Elysium

DYSTOPIAN ELEMENT #1:

GOVERNMENT CONTROL

• Leaders are usually dictators
• Propaganda: Information created to influence the thinking of the audience
• Propaganda is used to control citizens' opinions and thinking
• Citizens may be spied on or encouraged to spy on each other
• Police and military are used to control citizens

DYSTOPIAN ELEMENT #2:

FUTURISTIC SETTING

• Dystopias are generally set in the future
• Worlds are usually destroyed by prior wars or disasters
• Dictators rise to power easier when countries are decimated by wars or disasters
• Real example: Adolfo Hitler rose to power during a time when Germany was destroyed and
• in a depression from WWI.

DYSTOPIAN ELEMENT #3:

LIVES DRIVEN BY TECHNOLOGY

• Futuristic and cutting edge technology
• Characters use technology constantly
• Characters rely heavily on technology
• Technology is used spy and control citizens
• All aspects of characters' lives involve technology

DYSTOPIAN ELEMENT #4: