Contents: §Die Personen - Der Inhalt - The author - Vorüberlegungen zum Einsatz des Romans im Unterricht - Klausuren - Konzeption des Unterrichtsmodells - Anhang§Component 1: The hearth and the salamander - individual vs. society: Literary devices: foreshadowing and flashbacks - Characterization: the protagonist - Opposing characters: Clarisse and Mildred - Literary device: animal and nature imagery - "Fun-first society" vs. happiness§Component 2: The sieve and the sand - fighting the system: Literature vs. mass media - Character study: Professor Faber - Development of the protagonist§Component 3: Burning bright - destruction and rebirth: Character study: Captain Beatty - Dystopia and utopia: the two worlds of Fahrenheit - Literary device: symbolism - Literary allusions in the novel - Evaluation§Component 4: Dystopia and reality: The literary genres utopia and dystopia - The historical context - Burning books - Censorship§Das Unterrichtsmodell bezieht sich auf folgende Textausgabe: Cornelsen BN: 031135§