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One major prediction in the book is that the advancement of television over reading. Bradbury primarily based the book on what he saw as the degeneration of social interaction attributable to TV and radio; he remembers seeing a lady with a portable radio walking along with her husband, and thinking her entirely cut off from reality. In the book, TV has almost replaced human interaction; Mildred is the best example, as she sees TV as being her "real family." Bradbury even predicts the internet along with his interactive TV scene. This echoes video gaming, where individuals interact with every person solely by digital affiliation, and often only with computer constructs rather than with real individuals. Bradbury foresaw the manner that technology, and especially entertainment, can produce a divide between human understanding of society, themselves, and eachother. This overall prediction also includes the increasing size of TV and computer screens; wall-size TV screens are accessible, and more reasonable. Some high-end hotels and resorts even have wall-size screens that change the …show more content…

When, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation study, “young people ages eight to eighteen currently spend nearly each waking moment when they aren't at school mistreating media”, family members are propelled to screens for amusement and company: everyone seems to be growing more and more detached from reality. This is significantly within the same way that Mildred, Montag’s wife, becomes. She frequently blocks out the world. Some irony resides in the unnatural manner within which she blocks out the planet around her. The characters call them seashells, however their function is anything but natural. It even gets to a point where Montag is struggling to barely maintain a relationship together with his better half as a result of

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A simple book written with the best intentions; Ray brings to the world Fahrenheit 451 in 1953 (Kipen). Having World War II influencing Ray’s ideas for the book. Fahrenheit 451 brings ideas and points that Ray Bradbury felt the need to write and open the public’s eyes to, as to how technology is changing people’s lives and they are leaving behind books and their critical thinking. Ray Bradbury brings a book about censorship and how banning or in this case burning books does not keep people from the curiosity of the message books have. A big irony arises and his book becomes banned and censored, exactly the same way as in his book.

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This contributes to the theme that society and technology shouldn’t affect the actions people take because when writing, Ray Bradbury uses the

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In the book, Bradbury shows technology affecting

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“Men have become the tools of their tools.” -Henry David Thoreau, a 19th-century American philosopher, described the paradox of men becoming servants to their slaves. This theme of the very culture and lifestyle of humanity being dominated by their technology is also exemplified in the book, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury in which he describes a dystopia in which technological and political advancements have negatively the culture of that society, an analogy that can be applied today with the large increase in mass media, leading to the downgrade in the insightfulness, usage, and validity of the information we are exposed to on a daily basis. In Fahrenheit 451, Mildred, Montag’s wife, is a foil to Montag in that her total acceptance of society's rules contrast his rejection of them. In multiple instances, she is described as being constantly

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“Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” -Ray Bradbury. I believe that Fahrenheit 451 can still be relevant to today’s society, even though it was written almost 65 years ago.

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Through foreshadowing, Bradbury builds up the character’s feelings to express how the technology is slowly taking over their family. The house was described as “happy life home,” which foreshadows the ironic tragic death at the hands of the house (Bradbury1). The children build up a hate for their parents and begin to imagine them dying in the African Veldt; Lydia asks “Did you hear the scream” (Bradbury 2). She was hearing her own scream in the nursery because Wendy and Peter feel as if they no longer need their parents because the technology has replaced their family values. George found “an old wallet” of his, “the smell of hot grass was on it and the smell of a lion.

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Celsius 232 In the book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (the author of the book) foresaw many negative predictions about our current society, for example the issue of technology. With his intense, imaginative mind, Bradbury knew that technology would corrupt our minds, and in my opinion, he was both right and wrong with this prediction. Bradbury is a mastermind at predicting the future; not only was he right about our society being glued to technology, but he was also right with how we now resort to technology to solve problems. For example, a lot of children, adolescents, and adults are using technology a little too much, and using it for redundant reasons (for example; social media), but that’s not all.

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People can be good at many things, and sometimes they are the best at those things. I believe that Ray Bradbury, focused on multiple craft moves in The Veldt such as dialogue, personification, and flashbacks to show that he can be one of the best, when it comes to adding craft moves into his writing. He made the writing more interesting and described and showed the moments in different ways. He also used many different craft moves throughout the story, but I think that these three, dialogue, personification, and flashbacks are the most important, and I believe that without these craft moves the story wouldn’t have as big of an impact on the reader as it did with them. Ray Bradbury used dialogue to show how the characters are feeling at that exact moment, and is shown throughout the story to show interactions between characters in that moment in time.

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"I was not predicting the future, I was trying to prevent it" (Bradbury). The world illustrated in Fahrenheit 451 isn 't that far off from our own. Technology has become a very influential part of everyone 's lives, and has control over people’s actions and thoughts. Ray Bradbury uses the themes mass media, conformity vs. individuality, and censorship in his dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, to capture a futuristic world in which books are illegal and technology is consuming society. Mass media is a significant theme throughout the book, Fahrenheit 451.

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You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.” In the Early life part of this essay, it will talk about where and when he was born and where he went to school. In the Interesting Facts About Life section, it will talk about what interesting things he did through out his life. In the Awards and Accomplishments area, it will discuss all the accomplishments and awards he received through out his writing career.

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Humans have an especially intriguing propensity for envisioning what 's to come. While the vast majority have taken a couple of minutes to consider where they 'll be in a couple of months, years, or even decades, others have dedicated their opportunity to envisioning about what will look like for all of humanity. Ray Bradbury, a prolific author, is one such visionary. The society depicted in Bradbury 's Fahrenheit 451 is so dependant on technology that the reliance on devices is obscuring their perspective on the world, turning them into selfish and inhuman individuals. In fact, the entertainment is not only a illusion, but a way to control people 's behaviors, thoughts, and interactions by replacing human connection; therefore, destroying

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“I don’t try to describe the future, I try to prevent it.” (Bradbury) Bradbury’s depictions of the future, written in the 1950’s, explain his motives for writing in a science fiction style with a heavier emphasis on fiction than science. Ray Bradbury influences people in a way that cannot be mimicked. He used fictional stories to deliver an important message that can be applied throughout time. The message is how our actions affect our future today.

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Technology and Its Control Over Society In many of his pieces, writings, and novels, Ray Bradbury reflects the immense reliance and close connection that humanity has with technology. He also depicts the dangerous effects that could come from having this relationship, such as a loss of independency and self-control over one’s mind and actions. If humanity were to continue to allow technology to have this disastrous power and control, society’s downfall is certain and destined to come.

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Ray Bradbury’s purpose for writing this story is to inform the audience that you should not bully another, therefore, we are all the same. When the sun departed and the sky started raining, the children realized they forgot about Margot, whom they imprisoned in a closet, they felt, “They stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes… They glanced out at the world that was raining now… They could not meet each other glances. Their faces were solemn and pale”(270).

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While Mildred’s characterization is an exaggeration, with today’s technologies she has become more relevant, relatable, and tragic. It is remarkable how much prescience Bradbury demonstrated in writing Fahrenheit 451. The Seashells Mildred uses resemble modern day earphones, and how she tunes out the world in favour of “an electronic ocean of sound” (19) predicted how people today would do the same while listening to music or podcasts on their mobile devices. Her TV walls are much like the numerous digital screens that permeate all parts of our lives and hold our attention. Or, the TV parlour and the scripted parts Mildred plays in the shows can be seen as an early concept for virtual reality video games.

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