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Effects Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451

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(AGG) Many conflicts were created throughout Fahrenheit 451 that relate to conflicts in our society today. (BS-1) Depression caused conflict for the people in Montag’s society including with his own wife. (BS-2) Technology (just like in today’s society) was affecting the relationships between people in the book. (BS-3) Memory damage caused by technology created conflict in Montag’s society. (TS) Bradbury used accurate predictions about today's technology, to create conflict and inhumanity in Fahrenheit 451. (MIP-1) The author accurately predicted that technology would cause depression in today’s society, and he used depression to create a major conflict in the book. (SIP-A) Technology is impacting our society greatly by causing …show more content…

Young children should not be spending the majority of their day watching tv or videos because it can affect their entire life completely. (STEWE-2) Technology can cause serious internal issues, “TV programs generate negative mood experiences (e.g. anxiety, sadness, anger, disgust), then these experiences will affect how you interpret events in your own life” (Taylor). Having anxiety, sadness, and anger can lead to depression which will later have a huge affect on a society. Depression can lead to suicide which then would lead to a decreasing population. (SIP-B) Bradbury then took his prediction about depression to cause a serious conflict in Fahrenheit 451. (STEWE-1) Since many people in Montag’s society spent their days in front of parlor walls, this led to depression throughout the society. One of Mildred's friends said, “I've never known any dead man killed in a war. Killed jumping off buildings, yes” (Bradbury 91). In this society, it was more likely to have people commit

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