Born August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois

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1 By Ray Bradbury

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3 * Born August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois One of the most prominent American Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, and Mystery Fiction writers of the 20 th and 21 st Centuries

4 * * Best known for his dystopian novels *Explored the human condition *Explored the human heart What the difference? Utopians Vs. Dystopian atch?v=1a7chilgnw0

5 * *Has a distrust of technology *He never learned to drive *refused to use a computer *avoided flying for over 60 years *Skeptic of E Books and E readers * Science fiction is a wonderful hammer; I intend to use it when and if necessary, to bark a few shins or knock a few heads, in order to make people

6 * Bradbury has published more than thirty books, close to 600 short stories, and numerous poems, essays and plays.

7 What temperature does books burn at?

8 Book Preview: Someone turn off the lights please! Yg

9 It is the 24 th century. Books are considered dangerous and illegal. Nobody is allowed to own them. Most people are happy being plugged into their technology, where they do not have to think too hard. All books that are found are burned.

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11 It was a pleasure to burn Guy Montag is a fireman. It is not his job to put out fires. It is his job to start them.

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13 Before Clarisse, Guy Montag was proud to be a fireman, proud to uphold the law, proud to burn. A man once sure of his purpose is now suddenly questioning his mere existence.

14 He wonders why books must be burned. What power do they have? It wouldn t hurt just to take one and read it, right?

15 Unfortunately for Guy, he lives in a society where censorship is king; a society where you don t know if you can trust your friends, your family, your spouse; a society in which criminals are tracked by relentless mechanical hounds that never fail to bring down their victims.

16 Guy used to uphold and enforce the law. Bringing home a book will cause a chain of events that not even he could have anticipated

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18 Fahrenheit 451 is a book about the dangers of censorship. Yet this book itself has been the object of censorship. It has been banned and/or challenged in many places across the United States.

19 * As you watch the following interview, jot down notes about Ray Bradbury s personality and purpose. What stood out to you? What do you assume his writing will be like? Be ready to discuss! atch?v=ezd0ytbvics

20 * Ray Bradbury, Who Brought Mars to Earth With a Lyrical Mastery, Dies at 91

21 *The Frayer Model *

22 1.) annihilate: to destroy completely 2.) correlate: to figure out or create a relationship between two items or events

23 3.) expendable: not worth keeping; not essential 4.) paradox: a statement or an event that sounds impossible but seems to be true

24 5.) resilient: strong but flexible; able to withstand stress without injury 6.) undulate: to move in waves or in a smooth, wavelike motion

25 7.) infinitesimally: in amounts so small as to be barely measurable 8.) malfunctioning: not working or operating properly

26 9.) stagnating: becoming foul or rotten from lack of movement 10.) subliminal: below the level of consciousness

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28 * Climax most exciting/suspenseful moment Rising Action Suspense is built Falling Action Winding down Exposition Background is given Resolution problems are resolved

29 Literary Device Focus Imagery (sights, sounds, smells, tastes, & feelings) Simile A comparison using like or as Metaphor A comparison of two unalike things not using like or as. Ex. Juliet is the sun Onomatopoeia When words sound like what they mean. Ex. Boom! Pow! Personification Giving human characteristics to something not human. Ex. The wind screamed Foreshadowing- Hints or clues given by the author about events that will happen later.

30 Did you know that each of these shows and /or movies has been influenced by the story we are about to read? Can you guess how? The Butterfly Effect

31 NOTE: In German the name (Deutscher) means German. This story was written right after WWII when Hitler s Germany was considered the ultimate example of evil, not only because of the holocaust, but in a political sense because they were so different from us. They had long had a dictatorship while we have had a democracy. *

32 Critical Thinking What does the theme of this story seem to be so far? Make some predictions as to what might happen.

33 Elements of Style Bradbury is extremely proud of his description of the Tyrannosaur. Bradbury states, I say to the audience I m going to stop you here okay?...and you know what I m going to do? I m going to describe a dinosaur as it has never been described. Now watch this. And then I sit down and write a prose poem about this wonderful creature that comes gliding out the jungle. Discuss: The author uses imagery to describe the T-Rex (pick out body parts). What effect does this have on the reader?

34 Literary Device Practice Her eyes were as bright as the sun. (We are comparing eyes to the sun using like or as SIMILE) There was no telling what fate had planned. (Fate can t plan anything-- personification) The hiss and sigh of the motor made him realize he had purchased a lemon. (Hiss and sigh sound the way they are spelled onomatopoeia). The moonlight would be my eyelids. (comparing moonlight to eyelids metaphor) The wondrous aroma of the freshly changed linen sheets added an element of cool calmness. (rich description imagery) She had no idea what was in store for her as she opened the cracked front door. (hints or clues that something big is going to happen foreshadowing)

35 The Grand Finale Tyme Sefari Inc. Sefaris tu any yeer en the past. Yu naim the animall. Wee taektuthair. Yu shoot it. The story concludes with an eerie, twilight zone type of ending not only for Eckles, but for the reader. How does Bradbury use his theme to shock his reader in the end of this story?

36 * Follow the model below to construct your own SWBS statement about A Sound of Thunder. Examples Somebody Harry Potter Wants But So wants to learn about his parents, be happy, and make friends but he must protect himself from the dangers he faces at Hogwarts so he learns how to use his powers for good and to protect himself and his friends

37 * somebody wants but so = who - the individual/character = what =complications/problems/conflict = solution/outcome Examples Somebody Wants But So Rainsford wants to find food and shelter he encounters General Zaroff and his deadly game he must play in order to stay alive A Sound of Thunder (Eckles)

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39 1.) Single selection: Does Time Safari Inc. do a good job ensuring that the future isn t altered? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Use the A.C.E. chart below to plan out your answer. A Time Safari Inc. does a good job ensuring the future isn t altered by. C In the story it states, Travis says, The safari leaders mention, E This proves This demonstrates This shows This indicates.

40 1.) Single selection: Does Time Safari Inc. do a good job ensuring that the future isn t altered? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Use the A.C.E. chart below to plan out your answer. A Time Safari Inc. does a wonderful job ensuring the future isn t altered by providing guidelines and restrictions for the hunt. C Travis explained, And that, he said, is the Path, laid by Time Safari Inc. for your use. It floats six inches above the earth. Doesn t touch so much as one grass blade Its purpose is to keep you from touching this world of the past... This proves that Time Safari Inc. is taking the necessary steps to preserve the past. The anti-gravity path guides them through the jungle without touching anything. E

41 1.) Single selection: Does Time Safari Inc. do a good job ensuring that the future isn t altered? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Use the A.C.E. chart below to plan out your answer. A Time Safari Inc. does not do a good job ensuring the future isn t altered because they can t make people obey. C In the story it states, we guarantee nothing. This shows that they can t control anything and nothing is for sure. E

42 The Butterfly Effect The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado The flapping wing represents a small change which causes a domino effect

43 To understand the concept first let s start with something we already know like the domino effect. The Butterfly Effect 1) As the world runs out of oil, gas prices will rise. 2) When this happens, prices for specialized items of import and export (coffee) will eventually rise. 3) Food prices will then rise 4) The price of products that require oil to make them will also rise. The Butterfly Effect is similar, except that we cannot see what causes what. We know that small things can effect entire systems.

44 A Sound of Thunder The idea that one butterfly could eventually have a far-reaching ripple effect on historic events seems first to have appeared in A Sound of Thunder, a 1952 short story by Ray Bradbury about time travel. The Butterfly Effect is now a common clichéd plot device; however Bradbury was the first to use the idea in fiction. Can you give any examples in stories when changing the past even if only in the smallest way alters the course of the future?

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47 2.) Single Selection: Which theorist disagrees with the possibility of time travel and why? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Use the A.C.E. chart below to plan out your answer. A disagrees with the possibility of time travel because. C E This demonstrates This shows

48 2.) Single Selection: Which theorist disagrees with the possibility of time travel and why? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Use the A.C.E. chart below to plan out your answer. A Stephen Hawking disagrees with the possibility of time travel because he believes there would already be evidence of its existence. C He argues, we have not been invaded by hordes of tourists from the future. E The evidence from the text proves that there are still holes in the possibility of time travel. Hawking debates that if it were possible, we would know it.

49 2.) Single Selection: Which theorist disagrees with the possibility of time travel and why? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Use the A.C.E. chart below to plan out your answer. A Stephen Hawking disagrees with the possibility of time travel because altering the past would cause a change in space. C He hypothesizes that, any attempt at time travel would lead to a back reaction, a massive buildup of energy that would rip space apart. E The evidence from the text proves that there are still holes in the possibility of time travel. Hawking debates that if it were possible, we would know it.

50 Test on Friday over: Readings: The Most Dangerous Game, Still I Rise, A Sound of Thunder, The Physics of Time Travel and a new poem will be on the test Plot Summary Vocabulary Literary Terms Open Ended Response Questions (A.C.E.) Annotations Ray Bradbury