Ray bradbury biography powerpoint lesson

Title: By Ray Bradbury


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Fahrenheit 451
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"You don't have to burn books to destroy a
culture.

Just get people to stop reading
them.Ray BRADBURY
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Fahrenheit 451

• The temperature at which book paper catches fire
  and burns

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Ray Bradbury Who?

• Born in Waukegan, Illinois, on August 22, 1920.

• His family moved frequently when he was young,
  but they finally settled in Los Angeles (1934).
• As a young boy, Bradbury was interested in magic
  and had aspirations of becoming a magician.

  Ray bradbury biography powerpoint lesson plans

  This
  interest in magic later turned into a love for
  writing.

• Began writing stories at age eleven. He received
  no formal education beyond high school (1938).

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His Work

• Weird Tales, a famous pulp science fiction
  (1940).

• The Martian Chronicles, launched his writing
  career (1950).
• Most famous to date is Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
• Pub. over 500 short stories, novels, plays, and
  poems in his career

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His Work

• wrote for Alfr