Fahrenheit 451: Impact on Readers Today Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian fiction novel written by Ray Bradbury. The novel is set in the twentieth century. In this world books are illegal, people have become dependent on technology, and firemen start fires. The main character Guy Montag has been a fireman for ten years. Throughout Montag's career he has never had a problem starting fires or burning books. That all changed when he meet Clarisse McClellan, a seventeen year old girl who saw the world a little differently the others. After talking with Clarisse Montag started to question if burning books, and starting fires was the right thing to do. People have debated the novel's impact on readers today. Some say the impact is nonexistent because the novel’s world is nothing like our world today. Fahrenheit 451 has a powerful impact on readers today because both the …show more content…
Both the novel’s world and our world today have become dependent on technology. In the novel technology has dehumanized people, it lead to people caring more about their ‘family’ on television than their actual family. “My ‘family’ is people. They tell me things; I laugh! They laugh: And the colors”(Bradbury 69). This quote was part of a conversation between Montag and his wife Mildred. Mildred finds a book that Montag was illegally hiding. When Montag tries to read the book to Mildred, she lashes out saying that books weren’t real things. In our world today we might not call the television actors our family, but people still have become dependent on television and technology. In our world the number of kids playing outside, or reading has decreased because they