Modernization in Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury's “Fahrenheit 451” is a novel that depicts a dystopian society where technology is exceedingly advanced and books have been prohibited by a totalitarian regime that keeps its citizens from independent thinking. The succession of technology begins to suppress the human experience; relations and the transmission of ideas between individuals has ceased.Technology has ascended over this society and menaces its very existence. Bradbury portrays the negative impact that technology has in this godforsaken society, through his utilization of three fundamental literary elements: setting, character, and symbol. The novel takes place in a futuristic society with an apparently incredible aura since technology has altered society into an immersive multimedia.Television is interactive and doors are programmed to broadcast guest as they arrive. Mankind has become acutely ignorant …show more content…
Despite the fact that the society abhors nature and worships technology, many of the robotic devices that they utilize are inspired and dubbed after animals like the Electric-Eyed Snake; a machine used when Mildred gets her stomach pumped after her suicide attempt. The apparatus is described as “a black cobra” the machine is comparable to a snake. Another machine that is used as animal imagery is the Mechanical Hound; used for assaulting people or to strike fear into their hearts scare in order to follow the laws placed by society. the Hounds is described by the way it “slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating,” The Hound is depicted as living, but not living because it is very real looking and acts in ways that make it seem like it's actually alive.The Mechanical Hound shows the destructive nature that technology has evolved into and how the government uses it to control its