Technology In Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 isn't just a book about starting fires and burning books. This novel demonstrates what the future could turn into. The characters in the book have no purpose and are happy about it. Today, technology is a huge part of people's lives. However, some people let it take over their life. Computers, phones, social media, and games are an essential part of our lives. Social media apps have disrupted real communication. Television is an issue by itself. This has affected families spending time together because they're too busy caught up in the conflict of people who are being paid to say things. Also, not many are reading enough just for enjoyment. There are plenty of books that are banned too. The purpose of this book is not explicit

Suicide is the act of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally. This begins with a elderly lady in the beginning of the book. The firemen respond to the complaint that a neighbor made. Stoneman pulled out the telephone alarm card which said “have reason to suspect attic;11 No. Elm, City. E.B.” This means that the elderly woman's neighbor suspected that books were in her attic so she called the firemen. Captain Beatty along with Montag and the other firemen found many books throughout the woman's house. After the kerosene was lit, on page 35, the author wrote “the woman knelt among the books, touching the drenched leather and cardboard, reading the gilt titles with her fingers while her eyes accused Montag.” This shows how the woman was prepared to die with her books rather than be punished for having and reading them. She refused to let her literature die alone so she took her life as well. As Captain Beatty was counting to ten, she pulled out a kitchen match and told him to stop counting as if she was going to choose the easy way. She didn't do that because instead she chose to take her life. The text says “ the woman's hand twitched on the single matchstick. The fumes of kerosene bloomed up about her.” This demonstrates how the woman loved her books but also how she refused to let her books burn so easily and live with that so she died with them

On page 11, Montag has just gotten home and notices Mildred isn't okay. Her face and body had been cold, her breath was going in and out faintly and softly. The author wrote “ the small crystal bottle of sleeping tablets that had been filled with 30 capsules now lay uncapped and empty in the light of tiny flare.” This means Mildred tried to commit suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills. When the ambulance arrives they “take out the old and put in the new” which really means cleaning her system. The machine they used pumped all of the blood from the body and replaced it with fresh blood and serum. Something that might catch the attention of the reader is what the author wrote on page 13. In the text, it says “we get these cases nine or ten a night.” This demonstrates how suicide occurs a lot in the book. Nine or ten people trying to attempt suicide is a lot per