Fahrenheit 451 Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by Madelin.R.Gluck

Ray Douglas Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois, to Ester Moberg Bradbury and Leonard Spaulding Bradbury. Bradbury decided to become an author at about age 12 or 13. Bradbury’s family moved to Los Angeles, California in 1934. After graduating from high school in 1938. Since Bradbury was unable to afford to attend college, instead Bradbury went to the library 3 days a week for 10 years. Bradbury proceeded to publish short stories including his own fan magazine Futuria Fantasia. Bradbury sold his first profes­sional piece “Pendulum” in November 1941, a month before the United States entered World War II. Due to vision Bradbury was ruled ineligible for military service. Bradbury became a full-time writer by early 1945. Bradbury’s first collection of short stories, Dark Carnival, was published in 1947. That same year he married Marguerite "­Mag­gie­" McClure whom he met while she was working as a clerk at a bookstore. The couple had 4 children; Susan, Romana, Bettina, and Alexandra. Bradbury passed away in Los Angeles on June 5 2012 at the age of 91.

Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 was published in 1953. The novel, widely regarded as one of his best works, depicts a future American society in which books are prohibited and "­fir­eme­n" burn any that are discov­ered.