Intimate Relationships In Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

A 2014 Pew Research Center poll found that one out of four cell phone owners in an intimate relationship found their partner too distracted by their cell phone. One out of ten had argued with a partner about excessive cell phone usage. In the book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury suggests that technology can affect intimate relationships and alter people’s sense of trust and reality. This theme reflects on modern times as well, similar to how we live our modern lives, sometimes holding hands with technology rather than our loved ones. Bradbury elaborates on a future where technology is advanced enough to bring digital people to life, making them seem genuine and trustworthy while also calling them ‘family’. The big, bright colors and eye-catching

Not long before this quote in the book, we asked Mildred when and where they first met. Mildred could not conjure up an answer which upset Montag. Mildred went to the bathroom and started swallowing pills, one after another. This lead Montag’s train of thought to the last time Mildred consumed pills and ended up overdosing. Two men came with a machine to filter her blood. Montag was told they get cases like this all of the time. He then thought that if Mildred were to die, he would not cry. The thought of not crying made him weep, making him wonder about the emptiness of Mildred. He was then reminded of an earlier part of the story when Clarisse rubbed a dandelion on his chin, revealing that he was supposedly not in love because of the way it rubbed off on his chin. The parlor came to mind when thinking about why Mildred and him may actually not be in

Montag insists on communicating with the women about their lives, their husbands and their children face-to-face. You can tell that the women are uncomfortable with the way Montag is cornering them in all of a sudden after being abruptly interrupted from their White Clown viewing session. As this conversation between them all progresses, Montag brings out a book of poetry. Faber overhears everything going on and pleads for Montag to stop, but Guy continues anyway. The women try to stand up but Montag orders for them all to sit down. The women start to become panicked. One of the women, Mrs.Phelps, tries to convince Montag to read a poem so they can leave and be out of this fiasco. The other woman, Mrs. Bowles, does not agree with this idea because it is “not right”. Faber continues to ask Montag what this will bring to the situation. Mildred tries to de-escalate the situation by explaining to the women that firemen are given one book per year to read. What Mildred said was not true, but she said it to make an effort to cover up Montag’s crazy behavior before bringing the women the