Effects Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451

The plot of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 establishes that technology has a damaging effect on our world and society. The conflict of the story establishes how technology is overpowering and ruining people's lives. Then the climax shows us how the lack of books and technology affect the people in this world. Lastly the resolution gives us a good example of what technology has done to the world and how it eventually may destroy it. Bradbury shows us that if we continue living our lives preoccupied with technology, we may end up living like the people in this story and end up destroying our world.

The major conflict in Fahrenheit 451 is that Montag realizes he isn't happy which allows him to see the negative effects of technology and how they

Initially, Mildred is having friends over for a get together that is centered around a TV show called The White Clown. This show portrays very disturbing images of clowns cutting each other's limbs off. The women then describe this scene as "wonderful" and view it with excitement and delight (90). The fact that this is normal and amusing really demonstrates how destructive technology is to their society and the people who watch the show. It also sparks Montag's extreme anger with technology and society in the moment which cause him to act in the ways he does. Another negative effect technology is having on these people is their lack of feelings. Because of the technology they are exposed to, Mildred's friends, like everyone else, do not feel deep emotion. When Montag read the poem, one of Mildred's friend started "sobbing uncontrollably" and her face "squeezed itself out of shape" from her disgust and sadness with the poem. (97). Montag's act in reading he poem opened up a new window of emotions that Mildred and her friends had never experienced before. Emotion is an extremely significant aspect of the human race and Mildred's and her friend's inability to feel emotion, which is a result of the technology, is a very large loss in their lives. Both of these moments during the climax are great examples of the negative effects of technology and absence of books in people's

Because the government finds out about Montag's collection of books, they try and force him to burn down his house. When he disobeys their orders, kills Beatty, and goes into hiding, the government publicly broadcasts his search as if it were entertainment. No one in the city is worried about the fact that there is a murderer on the loose. They are so brainwashed by the government that they only care about being entertained. It leads you to believe that this is what usually happens in these type of situations, which is not only dangerous, but incredibly alarming. Yet, what happens after this, is even worse. When the hound reaches the river, it almost gets confused and it loses Montag's sent, which basically makes it impossible to find him now. Instead of telling the public what happened and saying that he got away, they pretend to find Montag and instead, end up killing an innocent man. This as a whole is incredibly concerning as the government was pressured by the aspect of keeping the public's attention, and it makes you think if it could happen in our world. Another part of the resolution is the destruction of the city. Even though "the search is over" and "Montag is dead" according to the government, he is most likely still being looked for. Because the city is completely blown up and destroyed, Montag can go on with no