Jack Collins from AcademicEarth.org shares a video he produced explaining “in less than three minutes, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451“. Ray Bradbury, as explained in AcademicEarth.org, “wrote his dystopian classic Fahrenheit 451 at the height of McCarthyism and Cold War paranoia. In the novel, Guy Montag is employed as a fireman who burns books. The whole of… Continue reading “Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451” a contribution by Jack Collins
Tag: Literature
Literature as part of the Olympics
This is a very interesting article on the history of the Olympics. I was in awe to know that Literature was part of my summer obsession and that Writers, Musicians and Artist were Olympians once. Enjoy and get inspired. http://m.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/07/remember-when-the-olympics-used-to-have-an-art-competition-no/260355/
Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrast
Charles Dickens said “There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” This is what I found on Wikipedia about Contrast in literature, by the way very interesting: In literature, an author writes contrast when he or she describes the difference(s) between two or more entities. Contrast is the… Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrast