Título: Fahrenheit 451 SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)
Autor: SparkNotes, Ray Bradbury
Sinopse: When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.
Fahrenheit 451 is regarded as one of American writer Ray Bradbury's best works. A dystopian novel written in 1953 it follows Guy Montag, a fireman who burns books in a futuristic American city. In Montag’s world, firemen start fires rather than putting them out. The people in this society do not read books, enjoy nature, spend time by themselves, think independently, or have meaningful conversations. Instead, they drive very fast, watch excessive amounts of television on wall-size sets, and listen to the radio on “Seashell Radio” sets attached to their ears.
Montag encounters a gentle seventeen-year-old girl named Clarisse McClellan, who opens his eyes to the emptiness of his life with her innocently penetrating questions and her unusual love of people and nature. ...
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Fahrenheit 451 SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)”, de SparkNotes, Ray Bradbury, publicado pela editora SparkNotes, em 2014 e com 76 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: SparkNotes
Páginas: 76
Ano: 2014-02-04
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1411469534
ISBN13: 9781411469532
