Technology is one of humanity's greatest inventions. It has affected societies’ qualities of life for the better; communication has become more accessible, knowledge has become easier to discover and much more. Technology is a blessing to our present world, or is it? In Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451. The mentally destructive side of technology shows its true colours throughout the book, giving the readers a view of what our own society can become.
Technology is used as an oppressive force towards the city of the dystopian novel. The government uses technology to control the population and to maintain its power. By burning books, the suppression of ideas and knowledge, essential for critical thinking, personal growth, and a functioning society is destroyed. Therefore, the uneducated community reaches out to using technology to expand their knowledge. The government manipulates technology into what they want society to believe, not what is happening. This great power, it gives the government an advantage of control. Preventing anyone from rising above the government.
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Mildred and many others use a futurestcs device called the parlor. The parlor is a large interactive television that is a primary source of entertainment and distraction from reality. It creates a false reality, isolating people from one another. Mildred had become so attached to the parlor she referred to it as her family. For example, once Montag opens up to Mildred about the books he was hiding, Mildred was more concerned about her online family than her own “Poor family, poor family, everything gone, everything gone, everything, everything gone now” Mildred reported her own husband for storing book because she was too afraid to lose her fake family. This shows how technology manipulated the characters into following the government rules instead of using crucial thought to make