In the novel Fahrenheit 451, advanced technology, unless used with care can be destructive to a productive society. The novel calls upon this theme many times as the story and characters progress and change. The story is set years in the future, in a dystopian civilization. Such a vile society sensors the people that live there, enforcing ignorance upon them. The main character, Guy Montag, fights to bring back knowledge and books to the society with the help of a retired professor Faber, who remembers the days of when knowledge was about. Ray Bradbury uses exemplary writing techniques to create a vivid image of the society that Montag and Faber dwell in. As this adventure takes place, the theme of advanced …show more content…
The mechanical hound is a tracking tool used by the fireman and law enforcement officials, the hound is a mechanical dog that apparently never fails when assigned a target. The hound is a symbol of fear in the society as said on page 28 “The Mechanical Hound slept but it did not sleep, lived but it did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse.” When Montag says this he is describing the hound in fear, fear of being hunted down and paralyzed with its needle it injects its victims you to render it motionless. In a way the hound symbolizes the irradiation of those who seek knowledge from books, it puts fear into those who even consider taking action. The hound is being destructive to once productive society, it's not used with care as on page 29 “The animals were turned loose. Three seconds later the game was done, the rat, cat, or chicken caught half across the areaway, gripped by gentle paws while a four inch hollow steel needle plunged down from the proboscis of the hound to inject massive jolts of morphine or procaine. The pawn was then tossed in the incinerator. A new game began.” The hound is supposed to be used a tracking tool to hunt down these “fugitive” intellectuals, it is being misused and is becoming destructive to the society. The people who dwell in the society don't see it as a problem or even being misused, they find this lethal dog entertaining. As Montag tries to make his escape after being identified as the man who murdered Captain Beatty he runs through the streets trying to make it to the river. As he runs he peers into Windows of houses that have their televisions covering the chase. The people are so amused seeing this dog try to kill a man, they don't even know who he is, what he's done all they know is