"To Build a Mirror Factory": The Mirror and Self-Examination in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

In Fahrenheir 451 Ray Bradbury creates an unthinking society so compulsively hedonistic that it must be atom-bombed flat before it ever can be rebuilt. Bradbury's clearest suggestion to the survivors of America's third atomic war "started ... since 1990" (73) is "to build a...

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Published in:Critique - Bolingbroke Society 1998, Vol.39 (3), p.282-287
Main Author: McGiveron, Rafeeq O.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888)
Bradbury, Ray (1920-2012)
Literary criticism
Novels
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Summary:In Fahrenheir 451 Ray Bradbury creates an unthinking society so compulsively hedonistic that it must be atom-bombed flat before it ever can be rebuilt. Bradbury's clearest suggestion to the survivors of America's third atomic war "started ... since 1990" (73) is "to build a mirror factory first and put out nothing but mirrors ... and take a long look in them" (164).
ISSN:0011-1619
1939-9138
DOI:10.1080/00111619809599536