In the novel Fahrenheit 451 the main protagonist Montag lives in a conformist society, but throughout the book he begins to hate what he once loved. By meeting people who treasure life, Montag gets ripped out of societal conformity. The society presented is built on technology and media, greatly affecting how the residents live. Montag fights this lifestyle going against all that is right by physically and mentally fighting this battle against the world he lives in. Bradbury uses his book to convey that technology kills personal relationships. Just how in our society we see with the rise of technology there is a decline in family connections. The idea that technology removes personal relationships is very explicitly shown in Bradbury's novel. …show more content…
aka her “family”. More examples of this are provided to show the idea that relationships between people have been forgotten and left to die due to technology. Like when their own house is about to be brought to the floor and all Mildred is worried about is her T.V. family, not Montag, not the memories with the house, but her T.V. She leaves the house pushing past Montag, not even looking him in the eyes, saying “poor family, oh everythings gone” (Bradbury …show more content…
provided for her. She gives no thought to Montag or how he's in trouble, and she's his wife. Once again, pulling back to the point of how technology has killed personal relationships. The argument could be made that technology has actually brought people closer than ever. Using points like facetime or cell phone calling can be used to create a counter to the argument. Calling is used to connect people over far distances, like grandparents and friends. This lets people talk and communicate, no matter where they are. A paper gives the idea that people give “an average of 102.150 min, while there is an average increase of 54.838 min in interactions with friends”. these findings as to its positive effects”. People are given more opportunities to enjoy family or friends' company due to technology. But the cons outweigh the pros, even though being able to communicate with more technology presents more distractions. The common iPhone or television previews videos and or some sort of social media that almost all people spend the majority of their time doing. Parents are beginning to feel guilt and it leads to “lower parent-child relationship satisfaction”. This new problem of trying to figure out what your