The book Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a dystopian society. In this society books are banned and being unique, in a world where everyone is the same, is frowned upon. The main social issues discussed in this book, by Ray Bradbury, are censorship, conformity, and the lack of human connection cause by technology. Throughout the book there is an abundance of examples of how technology has overtaken the citizens of this society. Bradbury took the liberty to write a book as a warning to the people of the future to not let technology control their lives and to always have a thirst for knowledge.
Censorship is the main concept the book revolves around. Censorship is defined as prohibition of any parts books, films, and news. On page one and two
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“ And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind,” (Bradbury, 10). This is how Montag first introduces Mildred. From the beginning of the book Bradbury gives the device a negative connotation. Further into the book, (131), “ Montag jammed his Seashell to his ear: … Everyone up, everyone out!” The government was able to control the population with one single tiny device. Everyone had a Seashell because someone else had …show more content…
An example of this is the families on the tv wall screens. “ I plunk the children in school nine days out of ten. I put up with them when they come home three days a month; it’s not bad at all. You heave them into the ‘parlor’ and turn the switch. It’s like washing clothes; stuff laundry in and slam the lid,” (Bradbury, 92 and 93). The people in this society choose to have kids then feel annoyed when the kids come home for three days a month. They rather sit in a house and watch the parlor walls instead of spend time with their own children. “ A carful of children, all ages… had seen a man, a very extraordinary sight, a man strolling, a rarity, and simply said, “Let’s get him,”...,” (Bradybury, 122). The citizens of this town have become so captivated by the technology available to them that it is not normal to see a man walking on the side of the road, let alone with another person. The relationships between person and person; and the relationship between people and nature has drastically diminished due to the advancement of