How Is Fahrenheit 451 Relevant Today

Imagine being unable to read books and blindly trusting the government even though they don’t give all the information or even both sides of the story. Well, that is how America is in Fahrenheit 451. In Fahrenheit 451 the government has banned books because they don’t want people to have enough knowledge on things where they would go against what the government would do. The government wants the citizens to be blind and just go with the flow. The main character Guy Montag is a firefighter who burns books. He meets a girl named Clarisse who isn’t like anyone else he’s met. She shows him that there is more to the picture then what he knows. Modern American society is becoming like Farhernhiet 451 because of all the fake news, being obsessed with

In Fahrenheit 451 Montag is on the run for murder and having books but he is able to get away. The government doesn’t want the people of the city to know that he got away so they arrest a different person. “‘The search is over, Montag is dead; a crime against society has been avenged’” (Bradbury 142). Similarly, fake news happens all the time in modern American society because of social media. “‘The habits of social media users are a bigger driver of misinformation spread than individual attributes. We know from prior research that some people don’t process information critically, and others form opinions based on political biases, which also affects their ability to recognize false stories online,’ said Gizem Ceylan” (Madrid). Through time and as technology advances social media and news stations have spread a lot of fake news, and people believe it whether it's because they blindly believe whatever they see or if it’s biased because they like that person or

In Fahrenheit 451 Montag's wife Mildred is obsessed with technology and is more focused and involved in it than her own life. In the book, she tells Montag “‘It's really fun. It'll be even more fun when we can afford to have the fourth wall installed. How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall-TV put in? It's only two thousand dollars" (Bradbury 18). Likewise, Mildred and our society and the new generation of children are becoming addicted to technology. According to The Chicago School, “Many technological devices and programs have proven to be addictive, including TV. While plenty of people use television as means of entertainment or unwinding after a long day, others can be consumed by television in every waking moment” (The Chicago School). So many people are so used to scrolling on their phones and giving their children iPads and phones, that we are becoming so attached to them that we don’t set them down or can go without them for a long period of