A utopia is considered an ideal society where every problem has a solution, and everyone can live happily, but the fact that it is ideal means that this society may never exist. Many authors have written about dystopias, which are “utopias” that turned out worst than our contemporary society, and one of these novels is Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. This novel explores what would happen if every existent book should be burn down and we would live in a world without literature; where there isn’t a requirement to even think because the only activity available is watching TV. The book criticizes the technologic vice that is taking over the world and it shows what would happen if this vice continues growing exponentially and the terrible effect it would have over everyone. This dystopia Bradbury created is valuable because it shows the importance …show more content…
When Bradbury wrote this novel, TV was starting, and in his dystopia, people are happy because television offers them a communication with the world without having to go out, and without even thinking; yet it is also shown as a form of oppression, where everyone lives virtually and therefore, everybody is equal. But, does this modernization actually fulfill the characters? Montag clearly shows that he is dissatisfied with the society he lives in, but other characters, such as Mildred (Montag’s wife) shows her dissatisfaction indirectly. For example, Montag tells that Mildred tried to overdose on some pills once, and though she seems happy with her mindless activity of watching TV, this example shows that even people who claim to be happy are not, and they are dissatisfied, and empty. This contributes to the value of the novel because nowadays, modernization is way too fast, and it “prevents” our world to the dissatisfaction and emptiness that can come along that