Fahrenheit 451 Trigger Warning List

Hey, everyone! As promised, I'm back with the trigger warning list for Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I actually finished this list a week and a half ago. I've been on a slight break since then, interrupted only by my choice to re-read the books I've already warned to check for things I missed the first time. I'm gonna be entirely honest--it was a lot. For the first two books (Of Mice and Men and A Separate Peace), at least. As I mentioned in my last post, I can't actually edit the posts I've already made without messing up the formatting, so I'll have to make separate posts for the updated versions. I've finished Of Mice and Men and A Separate Peace already and am currently working on Huck Finn. I'm not sure exactly when I'll be posting them, but rest assured that it will be within the next few weeks.
And without further ado, here is the trigger warning list for Fahrenheit 451. I have each section of the list separated by the three parts in the book (it has parts instead of chapters).

[Important: Please note that trigger warnings are not necessarily to make it so that you can just avoid the content. There is a fairly popular mistaken belief that trigger warnings are censorship. That is not true. Trigger warnings exist so that, if you are sensitive to the content, you are made aware of it before it occurs and surprises you. This gives you a chance to prepare yourself mentally before reading it so that it does not affect you as negatively as it might if you didn’t know that it was going to happen. Also, please note that if you rely on triggers for the shock-value or plot twists (aka, “Well I can’t use trigger warnings because they’re spoilers!”), you aren’t a very good writer and you definitely aren’t taking into consideration the potential sensitivity of your audience.]

Triggers, listed in order of the number of occurrences: death, ableist language, suicide, violence, alcohol, drugs, emetophobia, and sexual assault.

The paragraph numbers and a general summary of each are listed on the following pages. For reference, the italicized numbers in the parenthesis are the page numbers in my book, and the total number of paragraphs in each part are listed below:

Part 1 - 704

Part 2 - 406

Part 3 - 403

Death

There was actually a surprising amount of death in Fahrenheit 451. Split into the three parts, the instances are as follows:

• Part 1:
• In paragraph 82 (10), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraph 219 (22), there is a mention of killing animals, partly for sport.
• In paragraph 220 (23), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraph 246 (25), there is a brief mention of killing.
• In paragraph 274 (27), there are mentions of the deaths of minors.
• In paragraph 340 (34), there is a mention of dead birds.
• In paragraph 384 (37), there is a mention of being burned alive.
• In paragraph 426 (41), there are mentions of death.
• In paragraphs 475 (44) and 477, there are mentions of death.
• In paragraphs 524 (47) and 533, there are mentions of burning a woman alive.
• In paragraph 562 (49), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraphs 640 (57) and 642, there are mentions of death.
• In paragraph 667 (61) and 670, there are brief mentions of killing things.
• In paragraph 702 (65), there is a brief mention of death.
• Part 2:
• In paragraph 1 (67), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraph 5 (68), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraph 26 (69), there are mentions of death.
• In paragraph 77 (74), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraph 122 (77), there are mentions of death.
• In paragraphs 144 (81) and 155, there are brief mentions of death and burning.
• In paragraph 159 (82), there is a mention of drowning.
• In paragraph 168 (83), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraph 198 (85), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraph 204 (86), there is a brief mention of drowning.
• In paragraphs 214 (87) and 219, there are brief mentions of death and decapitation.
• In paragraphs 264 (91) through 266, there are mentions of death.
• In paragraph 339 (98), there are mentions of death.
• In paragraph 351 (100), there is a brief mention of killing.
• In paragraph 377 (103), there are mentions of murder in quotes.
• Part 3:
• In paragraph 20 (109), there is a brief allusion to death.
• In paragraphs 48 (113) and 52, there are mentions of murder and burning someone alive, graphically.
• In paragraph 59 (114), there are mentions of death.
• In paragraph 74 (116), there are mentions of killing and dead bodies.
• In paragraphs 79 (117), 80, and 82, there are mentions of death and murder.
• In paragraph 88 (118), there are mentions of death and being burned.
• In paragraph 93 (119), there is a mention of victims and killers.
• In paragraphs 110 (122), 111, and 115, there are mentions of killing.
• In paragraphs 134 (124), 137, and 139, there are mentions of death and killing.
• In paragraph 149 (125), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraphs 168 (129) and 171, there are brief mentions of death and killing.
• In paragraphs 291 (142) and 297, there are mentions of death.
• In paragraph 303 (143), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraph 329 (145), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraphs 350 (148) and 351, there are mentions of death.
• In paragraph 360 (149), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraph 362 (150), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraphs 365 (151) through 367, there are mentions of death.
• In paragraphs 374 (153) and 376, there are mentions of death by bombings.
• In paragraph 380 (154), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraph 389 (155), there is a brief mention of death.
• In paragraph 397 (156), there is a brief mention of death.

Ableist Language

Split into the three parts, the ableist language that I noted is in the following paragraphs. In addition, there were several uses in the introduction.

• Part 1:
• In paragraph 27 (5), the words crazy and insane are used.
• In paragraph 72 (8), the word idiot is used.
• In paragraph 92 (12), the word idiot is used.
• In paragraph 168 (19), the word crazy is used.
• In paragraphs 217 (22) and 220, the word insane is used.
• In paragraphs 303 (31) and 304, the word insane is used.
• In paragraph 340 (34), the word insane is used.
• In paragraph 345 (35), the word idiot is used.
• In paragraph 382 (37), the word crazy is used.
• In paragraph 557 (48), the word crazy is used.
• In paragraph 648 (59), the word idiot is used.

• Part 2:
• In paragraphs 28 (70) and 31, the words insane, idiot, and stupid are used.
• In paragraph 94 (75), the word insane is used.
• In paragraph 131 (80), the word insane is used.
• In paragraph 186 (84), the word idiot is used.
• In paragraph 255 (90), the word insane is used.
• In paragraph 313 (95), the word crazy is used.
• In paragraph 338 (97), the word crazy is used.
• In paragraphs 393 (106) and 402, the words insane and cripple are used.
• Part 3:
• In paragraph 4 (107), the word idiot is used.
• In paragraph 32 (110), the word idiot is used.
• In paragraph 40 (112), the word idiot is used.
• In paragraph 66 (115), the word idiot is used.
• In paragraph 104 (121), the word idiotically is used.
• In paragraph 172 (129), the word stupid is used.
• In paragraph 304 (143), the word idiot is used.

Suicide

• Part 1:
• In paragraphs 86 (11) through 103 (13), there is a running dialogue that continually mentions suicide, though it doesn’t seem to be an intentional suicide.
• In paragraph 140 (17), the unintentional suicide is briefly mentioned.
• In paragraph 290 (29), there is a brief mention of suicide.
• In paragraph 360 (36), there is a brief mention of suicide.
• Part 2:
• In paragraph 173 (83), there is a brief mention of suicide.
• In paragraph 333 (97), there is a brief mention of suicide.
• In paragraph 339 (98), there is a brief but slightly graphic mention of suicide.
• Part 3:
• In paragraphs 71 (116) and 71, there are mentions of wanting to die.
• In paragraph 88 (118), there is a brief mention of suicide.

Violence

• Part 1:
• In paragraph 331 (33), an old woman gets slapped.
• In paragraph 634 (55), there is a mention of bullying.
• In paragraph 683 (63), a woman gets slapped.
• Part 2:
• In paragraph 255 (90), there is a mention of chopping off limbs and crashing cars.
• In paragraph 339 (98), there are some brief mentions of violence.
• In paragraph 357 (100), there is a mention of being beaten with sticks.
• In paragraph 373 (102), there are some brief mentions of violence.
• Part 3:
• In paragraph 55 (113), some people get knocked out.
• In paragraph 125 (123), there is a mention of burning houses and hurting people.
• In paragraph 261 (139), there is a brief mention of bleeding an animal out.
• In paragraph 305 (143), there is a mention of hitting someone.

Alcohol

• In part 1, there are mentions of alcohol or being drunk in the following paragraphs:
• Paragraph 395 (38).
• Paragraph 405 (39).

• In part 2, there are mentions of alcohol or being drunk in the following paragraphs:
• Paragraphs 371 (102) and 373.

• In part 3, there are mentions of alcohol or being drunk in the following paragraphs:
• Paragraphs 157 (127) and 158.
• Paragraph 169 (129).
• Paragraph 175 (130).
• Paragraph 213 (133).

Drugs

There are mentions of drugs (mainly sleeping pills) in the following paragraphs.

• Part 1:
• Paragraph 89 (11).
• Paragraphs 140 (17) through 144.
• Paragraph 645 (58).
• Paragraph 341 (98) of part 2.

Emetophobia

There are mentions of vomiting in the following paragraphs.

• Paragraph 522 (47) of part 1.
• Paragraph 94 (75) of part 2.
• Paragraphs 66 (115) and 235 (137) of part 3.

Sexual Assault

There is a brief mention of rape in paragraph 130 (79) of part 2.

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