Dominic Reilly Mr. Klever English III 22 April 2024 The 1950s Idea of Dystopia and Modern-Day Similarities In our world, where information is regulated, creativity is stifled, and distractions dominate, the signs of a certain dystopian nightmare are more prevalent than ever. In 1953 author Ray Bradbury wrote his most notable work, Fahrenheit 451. In this short dystopian story, an alternate and future American society is envisioned where the people have banded together and banned books with government support, paving the way for said government to become overbearing and controlling. For example, they changed history to make it seem as if Benjamin Franklin started the firemen to annihilate books. As such, a compelling argument could be made that …show more content…
Young people in our modern society are absorbed into their devices far more than ever before. If a child grows up and does not rid themselves of this habit, we may see a shift to a society similar to Fahrenheit 451s’. It’s evident our modern American society is comparable to the one pictured in Fahrenheit 451. While not the same, the shared similarities are a cause for concern. There’s no argument that Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 intending to warn his 1953 society against evolving into his nightmare, but that was ignored to some degree. Signs of that nightmare becoming a modern-day reality are starting to show. America did not heed the warning posed by Ray Bradbury, and now we’re paying the toll with a non-zero chance we’ll become Fahrenheit 451. Works Cited: Masters, Jonathan, and Will Merrow. How Much Aid Has the U.S. Sent to Ukraine - a snub? Here Are Six Charts.” Council on Foreign Relations, Council on Foreign Relations, 23 Feb. 2024, www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine-here-are-six-charts. Bradbury, Ray.