Speeding Up In Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

The world Bradbury has depicted is persistently speeding up; consequently, the society cares more about quick and shallow consumption than deep, leisurely, and meaningful resources. The speed in their society causes people to focus on less timely substances, because in order to keep up, they can’t and don’t have time to process things that are slower. Bradburry is worried that this results in an environment in which people are constantly distracted, and show no emotion, and the constant speed is draining the life out of the people. Beatty is telling Montag how their fast society came about, "Speed up the film, Montag, quick. Click? Pic? Look, Eye, Now, Flick, Here, There, Swift, Pace, Up, Down, In, Out, Why, How, Who, What, Where, Eh? Uh! Bang!

Wallop, Bing, Bong, Boom! Digest-digests, digest-digest-digests. Politics? One column, two sentences, a headline! Then, in mid-air, all vanishes! Whirl man's mind around about so fast under the pumping hands of publishers, exploiters, broadcasters, that the centrifuge flings off all unnecessary, time-wasting thought!" (52). In this section when Beatty is talking, there are all sorts of small words, onomatopeyas, and repetition. Badbury uses short, fast words to describe the transformation of societies needs. These choppy words correlate to the fast paced life they are living. It demonstrates this because they are constantly moving here and there, looking, and doing all sorts of emotionless actions. He also repeats words and phrases over and over again to show how the society is dysfunctional, and to show the citizens mindlessness. Bradbury shows how the society as a whole has grown mechanical from cutting things down and getting rid of all details; taking away the purpose and its original

Bradbury's fears that this speed would cause negative changes in our attention and thinking have been brought to life recently. An article was written talking about America’s progression through the world of technology, and the effects it has on people. The author Dr. Stephanie Brown, a Silicon Valley psychologist, describes how fast is the new motto in today's world, “Society is now dominated by beliefs, attitudes and ways of thinking that elevate the values of impulse, instant gratification and loss of control to first line actions and reactions. ‘I want it now!’ or ‘Do it now!’ are valued mantras for today’s with-it person, young or old.” Dr. Brown is talking about how that with these new technological improvements we are able to produce things and complete tasks with greater speed; however, as humans, this speed is hard to keep up with, and it plays a sociological toll on our minds. In Fahrenheit 451, people such as Mildred are sucked into the world of advanced technology, and consequently, they have started to need more and more to stay entertained and keep with the speed. “Mildred is surrounded by technology like her seashells and parlor walls 24/7, yet she feels that she still needs more. “‘How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall-TV put in? It's only two thousand