Fahrenheit 451 Complacent Technology

George Sackie Mrs. Benedetto English IV 11 April 2024 The use of technology to keep society complacent Technology is essential to maintaining a complacent society in Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451. The use of technology to keep society complacent is more dangerous than beneficial. The setting of the novel is in a dystopian future in which books are banned and "firemen" burn any that they find. One of the main ways that technology keeps society complacent in the novel is through the use of large screens (TV) and "seashells" (earbuds) that constantly flood people with mindless entertainment, preventing them from thinking deeply or critically. In the story, people from the society are constantly getting addicted to technology. The common use

Every night the waves came in and bore her off on their great tides of sound, floating her, wide-eyed, toward morning. There had been no night in the last two years that Mildred had not swum that sea, had not gladly gone down in it for the third time.” (Page 12) In this quote it shows how much Mildred used technology and how she is becoming addicted and isolated from society. In the quote, Mildred explains her addiction to technology by informing readers how she has been listening to her Seashells in her ear for 2 years.Not only Mildred, but people have lost interest in the outside world and in one another because of technology like Seashell radios and parlor walls, sometimes known as flat-screen TV walls. Some might disagree with this argument because technology is beneficial in some ways. The benefits of technology that lead to complacency in society include higher productivity due to the creation of easier-to-use machines and increased safety and security of citizens through the use of devices like webcams.. In the article I reacted it states “The positive effects of technology on society are extending the life span of people, increased productivity through the inventions of machines which makes work easier.” In this quote it goes against my argument in the story we do see how technology benefits society and montag job with the robo