Ray Bradbury
The Illustrated Man
Fahrenheit 451
Science Fiction
• Definition: fiction based
on imagined future
scientific or
technological advances
and major social or
environmental changes,
often portraying space
or time travel and life
on other planets
American Science Fiction
• “Golden Age”
– 1940s & 1950s
• Inspired by WWII
– Anxiety arose in response
to nuclear weaponry and
the impending Cold War
• Advancements during the Era:
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Television
Highways
Space travel
Skyscrapers
Biological research
Technology
– inspired writers to examine
impact of each on human
existence
– http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=gOHM9qeNcRE
Ray Bradbury: Fast Facts
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American
Born: 1920
Died: 2012
Fan of magic and
fantasy as a child
• Decided to become a
writer at 12 or 13
• Couldn’t afford college;
went to libraries instead
Ray Bradbury: Fast Facts
• Best known for:
– Fahrenheit 451
– The Martian Chronicles
– The Illustrated Man
• Genre: Science fiction
– Short stories
– Novels
• A conversation with Ray
Bradbury
– http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=EzD0YtbViCs
• Bradbury on writing
persistently
– http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=YlYAhSffEDM
Why do people tell stories?
Functions of Storytelling
1. Teaching morals
2. Teaching cultural
expectations
3. Teaching behavioral
norms
4. Enabling people to
make sense of the
world
5. Communication
6. Building group
understanding
7. Stimulating memory
8. Entertainment
9. Developing language
10. Maintaining tradition
Adapted from:
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/
neuro6/web3/bcanver.html
How do people share stories
beyond books?
The Illustrated Man
• Collection of 18 short
• Themes
stories with frame
– Pitfalls of technology
narrative
– Complexities of human
psychology
• Published in 1951
– Morality vs. amorality
• Set in the future
– Inevitability of fate
• Adapted for film in 1963
– http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=Q9uDkTHj6k
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– Faith
– Revenge
Stories through Tattoos
• Tattoo moms
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZg6Kqv0
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• Tattoo music video
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8y3EFuy
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Assignment
• The Veldt radio broadcast
• http://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/scifi/Dimension-X/The-Veldt-August-09-1951show-3777.html
Science Fiction
• Definition: fiction based
on __________future
scientific or
technological ________
and major social or
____________ changes,
often portraying space
or time _________ and
life on other _________
American Science Fiction
• “Golden Age”
– ______s & ______s
• Inspired by _______
– _______ arose in response
to __________ weaponry
and the impending
________________
• Advancements during the Era:
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•
__________
__________
_________________
__________
_________________
__________
– inspired writers to examine
impact of each on _______
existence
– http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=gOHM9qeNcRE
Ray Bradbury: Fast Facts
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American
Born: ______
Died: ______
Fan of ______ and
_________ as a child
• Decided to become a
writer at ___ or ___
• Couldn’t afford ______;
went to ______ instead
Ray Bradbury: Fast Facts
• Best known for:
– Fahrenheit 451
– The Martian Chronicles
– The Illustrated Man
• Genre: _____________
– ______________
– ___________
• A conversation with Ray
Bradbury
– http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=EzD0YtbViCs
• Bradbury on writing
persistently
– http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=YlYAhSffEDM
Functions of Storytelling
1. Teaching ________
2. Teaching cultural
____________
3. Teaching behavioral
__________
4. Enabling people to
make _________vof
the world
5. _______________
6. Building group
____________
7. Stimulating ________
8. _____________
9. Developing _________
10. Maintaining ________
Adapted from:
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/
neuro6/web3/bcanver.html
The Illustrated Man
• Collection of ____ short
stories with _______
narrative
• Published in _______
• Set in the ________
• Adapted for ___ in ____
– http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=Q9uDkTHj6k
0
• Themes
– Pitfalls of ___________
– Complexities of human
______________
– Morality vs. _________
– Inevitability of _____
– _________
– _________