A quote from Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451, (Character: Captain Beatty), Page 58, “Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving. And they’ll be happy because facts of that sort don’t change. Don’t give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.” In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 1953 and the movie Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol, 1997 gives an insight on how people are controlled by the government with the use of technology. Fahrenheit 451 is a novel about how books are illegal and how there are ‘firemen’ …show more content…
Some examples of technology that is used in Fahrenheit 451 is the ‘Seashell’ which was a form of headphones that can give you news, music and entertainment at any time, these seashells put you away from the real world and stopped people from thinking deeply about their own life and what’s happening around them. The seashell is a key representation of the control the government has and how technology is used to gain this …show more content…
The way this was done was a “four-inch hollow steel needle” filled with aesthetic drugs which made people unconscious if they tried to run. This hound was used to attack Montag near the end of the book as Montag killed captain betty which causes the hound to stab Montag in the leg with the aesthetic needle making his leg useless. The mechanical hound was a key representation of government control and manipulation of technology in Fahrenheit