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Examples Of Irony In Fahrenheit 451

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Matthew Johnston
English 11
Mrs. Chandler
January 4, 2023
Fahrenheit 451 Technological Irony The technology that we use in the world that we live in today makes certain things very convenient to us and very easy to access. However, there is a lot of potential for seemingly “smart technology” to make us as a civilization much less smart. Ray Bradbury was unmistakably aware of this potential when he wrote his world-renowned book, Fahrenheit 451. This novel, set in a futuristic dystopia, gives us a look into what too much technological dependence might look like. We even see some of the fictitious technologies that are in this novel in our everyday life. There are a lot of examples of technological irony seen in this book where progression in …show more content…

For example, with the new advances in technology, it is scarily easy for the government to make everyone conform to what the government wants. Now that books are illegal, everyone sees them as bad, and they do not care if they are burned. However, when the books are burned, the ideas found within them are destroyed as well. Since the books and ideas are all destroyed, the knowledge and wisdom that came along with reading books is all gone. All of this is due to the new advancements of technology found this novel. The giant screens in everyone’s houses are especially harmful to society because of the mind-numbing activities and the subliminal brainwashing that come along with the use of these screens. An untrustworthy and power-hungry government with unregulated access into the homes of every citizen in the United States comes a dystopian nation with an overall depletion of general knowledge and …show more content…

The first time we meet someone in this book that thinks perspicaciously is Clarisse. She challenges Montag into thinking about why he does what he does. The connection that Montag makes with Clarisse along with his illegal possession of books from his raids are the perfect storm to lead Montag on a search for true meaning. Despite Montag’s sudden passion for books, his friends, and his captain, are very all opposed to it. They fall into the majority of people in this modernized realm and simply conform to their government without asking questions, leading to a lack of inquisition and an abundance of submission and technological

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