In this world technology has taken over the society and sometimes even destroyed humanity on its own. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury reveals how humanity and technology have taken over its time. In the book he proclaims how everyone turns against one another. He describes life at that time, which is based in the future as in black and white. In the passage if they don’t agree with a person or their beliefs and lifestyle they automatically plan to get rid of them with numerous pieces of technology. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury placed in the future, discusses humanity and technology through setting. In Fahrenheit 451, the firehouse relied on its main source of technology to destroy its community. The everyday job of a fireman consisted of getting called out to destroy books which were a symbol of past cultures and knowledge and freedom, something they …show more content…
A specimen of the technology that’s taking a toll on the household is the “seashells, an electronic ocean of music and sound, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind” (Bradbury 10). This quote reveals how her mind under no circumstances rests because of technology keeping her mind awake. Therefore, if the mind never sleeps it’s constantly making her life despondent destroying her and even making it heck to even complete an everyday task. Another piece of technology sullying humanity, even worse today is the 3 walls of television in the house they have gone without necessities for. Now she claims “if we had a fourth wall, why it’d be just like this room wasn’t ours at all but all kinds of exotic peoples rooms. We could do without a few things” (Bradbury 18). This quote reveals she would give up more of the necessities just to have a piece of technology. They have already gone without things for the 2nd wall. Therefore destroying her humanity by taking away what she needs to get a piece of