In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury established a society in which they are no limits to the vehicles they drive in order to blind the community of their curiosity. Vehicles, no matter the size or shape have speed that not many cars should not be pushed to. In Montag’s society, as a result of this many citizens including one of Mildred’s friend states that she drives at such a speed not to get jailed by the government that she doesn’t clearly see her environment when driving her car. Mildred being used to this responds as if she has been through this scenario a numerous number of times when she looks out the window and only sees blurs and can’t really interpret her environment. Clarisse explaining to Montag, “If you showed a driver a green blur, …show more content…
Pursuing this further, Montag’s reaction to this was unimaginable because he to that moment did know all the harm and addiction the cars are causing to the citizens inside his community including his wife. The Jet-Cars’ sole purpose was made for withstanding such speed in the hundreds for no purpose other than the usage of asking questions. As Montag watches the beetle closely reaching its minimum speed, “The beetle was rushing..The beetle was roaring..The beetle raised its speed..The beetle was whining..The beetle was skimming..The beetle came in a single whistling trajectory, fired from an invisible rifle..It was up to one hundred twenty miles per hour..It was up to one hundred thirty miles per hour at least.. Montag clamped his jaws”(Bradbury 121). The vehicles and ways of transportation in the novel are modified and meant to reach high speeds because in their society the minimal speed limit is fifty five miles per hour but it known that everybody reaches or drives at least in the hundreds. After realizing the speed that vehicles in Montag’s society reach while driving alongside