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Technology In Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

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This meme is from the government's perspective in the novel "Fahrenheit 451", and is trying to convince people of their society to use technology. Technology is a major issue as well as a major topic in the novel. Not only is this a major topic in the novel, but is also a message Ray Bradbury wanted to warn people about today. For these reasons, technology is the main focus of this meme. Bradbury wanted to warn people today that technology will have negative impacts on our everyday lives. Technology really does get in the way of our lives, even Steven Spielberg says so himself, "Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone." …show more content…

In the novel, there are many instances where technology can be seen getting in the way of the character's lives. Mildred a character in the novel who's life is filled with technology obviously has instances where it can be seen getting in the way of her everyday life. For example, Mildred has cut off a conversation with her husband Montag, and does so to talk with her friends about technology. Montag says, “God, Millie, don’t you see? An hour a day, two hours, with these books, and maybe…’ The telephone rang. Mildred snatched the phone. ‘Ann!’ She laughed. ‘Yes, the White Clown’s on tonight” (Bradbury 70). Mildred chooses to talk about technology with her friends as oppose to talking to her husband about society, totally disregarding who she was talking to. Ultimately, Mildred is getting distracted by technology and is disregarding the people around her, and is something Bradbury wanted to warn people about today, which indeed

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She repeatedly “returns back to the script”, which shows she continues to use the technology over and over again. If people like Mildred continue to push away their problems with technology, then the number of problems they have will increase. The more and more

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When Mildred is with her technology she will not pay attention to anything but her objects. Since the society uses there technology to much they always want to keep there objects near them. Montag makes a joke that if he wants to talk to him, then he will need to use technology too. “Wasn’t there an old joke about the wife who talked so much on the telephone that her desperate husband ran out to the nearest store and telephoned her to ask what's for dinner?” (39).

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Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian novel written by Ray Bradbury. In Fahrenheit 451, technology has affected everyday life; people believe everything that they hear, and or is presented to them. Technology in this society preaches to the people listening to it. It preaches what the people want to hear or what the government wants their civilians to hear. Technology replaces literature, curiosity, family, friends, and schools.

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People within the ages of 13 and 18 spend 9-12 hours on there phones. That screen time doesnt count the time on chromebooks and computers during the eight hours of the school day. In the book life happens almost completely on technology. Mildred even calls her tv shows her family. If we continue to use technology more and more than we could end up being just as bad as the book.

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(Bradbury 46). She relies on it for entertainment and she acts as though she can not live without it she even thinks of it as family. In today's society, this is also a reality making Bradbury’s perception of the future true. Many people in today’s society are addicted to technology just like Mildred and it negatively affects their lives in a lot of different ways.

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(AGG) Being reliant on technology will cause you to become introverted. (BS-1) Dependency on technology separates you from society and diverts you from learning.(BS-2) People in the society misunderstand the true meaning of emotion because technology was taking over their lives. (BS-3) The real world experiences have shown that life is more than Technology, it is experiencing nature.

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(MIP-1) People in the society of the novel Fahrenheit 451 are absorbed in technology, they are so immersed in it that they are always using it and drawn to it in the novel. (SIP-A) A familiar character in the novel, Mildred, who represents the average person of society, is drawn to the technology and uses her devices constantly. (STEWE-1) Mildred is so drawn to technology that she lays in bed and listens to her earbuds all night, “And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind.

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She thinks of her screen as her life, telling Montag, “my ‘family’ is people”(Bradbury 69). Mildred likes the interactive screens and the ability to join in on meaningless conversations. She has no individuality and Mildred has no opinions. Her relationship with her husband is negatively affected by Mildred’s obsession with technology. The couple does not love each other because it is impossible for Montag to make a real connection with Mildred.

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