This document provides a summary of the science fiction dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. It discusses the title, author, genre, characters including Guy Montag, Clarisse McClellan, Mildred, Captain Beatty, Faber and Granger. It also summarizes the main ideas of the novel as a protest against censorship and the dangers of an illiterate society. The document expresses how reading the book motivated the author to continue learning and questioning the future.

1. My favourite book
in English
By Potepalova Olga

2. • Title:”Fahrenheit
451”
• Author: Ray
Bradbury
• Genre: science
fiction, dystopia
• First publication:
1953

3. Raymond Douglas Bradbury
(1920 – 2012)
« Libraries
raised me. »

4. The creation of the book
The first edition of the
book

5. The plot

6. Characters
Guy Montag Clarisse
McClellan
“We have everything we need
to be happy, but we aren't
happy. Something's missing.”
“No one has time any more
for anyone else.”

7. Characters
Mildred Captain Beatty
“I am happy. And proud of
it.”
“A book is a loaded gun in the
house next door. Burn it. Take
the shot from the weapon.”

8. CharactersFaber Granger
“So few want to be rebels
anymore. And out of those few,
most, like myself, scare easily.”
“Everyone must leave something in
the room or left behind when he
dies. A child or a book or a
painting or a house or a wall
built or a pair of shoes made.”

9. Main ideas
1.A protest against state-based
censorship.
2.The threat of an illiterate,
anti-intellectual, hedonistic
society.

10. My attitude to the book
“Fahrenheit 451” gave me motivation to
study hard, to be inquisitive, to
deepen my knowledge whenever
possible.

11. I recommend…
“Fahrenheit 451” to:
• All science fiction lovers;
• Those who question themselves
about the future;
• Those who like books with a
dark atmosphere;
• Those who like books with
gripping plots.

12. Thank you for your attention!