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Ray Bradbury
Should this paper be burned? ... These are some of the topics in the works of Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury is a well established science-fiction writer from Illinois who wrote about many controversial post World War II topics.
During Bradbury’s life there were many very important events that greatly impacted his life and writings. ... World War II took place between 1939 and 1945, about the same time Bradbury was starting to become a developing young author. ... (Encarta Online 1) In terms of materials and human life, the war was the most devastating in human history, which is seen later in some of Bradbury’s writings in which he discusses mass destruction. ... (Encarta Online 1)
Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. (Encyclopedia Britannica 2-452) His father Leonard Bradbury was an electrician and his mother Ester Bradbury, a Swedish native, was a housewife. ... The relationship between Baum’s and Bradbury’s writing was later analyzed by the critic Brian Attebery who noticed heavy similarities. (Encyclopedia Britannica 2-452) Bradbury’s mother would also read to him, especially when he was sick. During one bad case of the flu she read Bradbury many writings of Edgar Allen Poe, which would in turn have a giant influence on some of Bradbury’s writings, such as Fahrenheit 451. (Encyclopedia Britannica 2-452) By the age of eleven Bradbury was already written stories of high caliber on butcher paper in his spare time.
Approximate Word count = 1120
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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