Similarities Between Fahrenheit 451 And Wall-E

How does Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Pixar Film’s ‘Wall-E’ explore the dangers and perils of future technologies?

Ray Bradbury’s novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ and the 2008 Pixar film WALL-E both explore concerns about society and the future in dystopian settings which feature advanced technology in far-future societies. Similarly, they explore and express criticisms about technology by suggesting that dependence and over-reliance can inhibit human relationships. They also both deal with oppression of humanity by an overarching government or power that uses technology to aid them to keep the population under control and accept the life that is dictated for them.

Both Fahrenheit 451 and WALL-E emphasize the use and potentiality of super-advanced

The Buy n Large corporation needs the sterile, controlled environment to maintain the complicit and docile nature of its citizens so that order and control are kept. Small robots maintain these duties in cleaning up any dirt left behind, symbolically the real ‘humanity’ which has been cleaned up and literally hidden away in plain sight. The young children grouped together in a classroom-like setting, learning that Buy n' Large "is their very best friend", indicates there is an overruling power, brainwashed by the company. In Fahrenheit 451, too, this controlling use of technology can be seen as threatening, with the intimidating Mechanical Hound with green-blue neon lights for eyes and a long silver needle that is used to inject massive amounts of morphine into its victim represents government control via the manipulation of

Both emphasize the poor relationships and degradation of human contact in both these works lends to the idea that the writers are sending a warning to their readers: human communication is important. In ‘Wall-E’, there is an abundance of conversation, where people eat the same food and wear the same clothes and talk to each other via communication like ‘Facetime’, but they don’t or interact like Wall-E or Eve who hold hands and show ‘real’ connections. John and Mary’s overdependence and consumption of electronics meant they were unaware of what was going on around them. However, due to Wall-E’s interference, they discovered the wonders of life beyond a screen, saw the great features of the ship they had never previously noticed:"I didn't know we had a pool!". They also discovered each other, finding love that the other citizens were missing. Similarly, in Fahrenheit 451 Mildred’s parental neglect of children, is dependent on the seashell radio, a device that is inserted into the ear and allows its listener to hear radio broadcasts. Mildred is described as being separate and alone when listening, much like the people in WALL-E were when they were "plugged in" to their devices. When Montag and Mildred were lying in bed, Montag’s observation that "her Seashell was tamped to her ear again, and she