Technology In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Technology has become nothing short of the leader at the top of modern society. Ray Bradbury was not too far from that idea in the reality that he created within Fahrenheit 451. The imagined technological advancements depicted throughout most of the text dominated the attention, dependency, and thoughts of its citizens. Though this is the case, it did not mean that all of the technology failed to prove as useful, explained and used in some of the utmost positive ways when needed, but with the wrong intentions, it did lead to a considerably calamitous outcome.
The technology depicted grabbed the attention of the citizens, claiming their concern and a permanent home in the crevices of their minds and thought. Throughout much of the story, Mildred

They had given up on doing those tasks themselves and the intentions behind the mechanical hound surely were not pure. Although the original hopes created at the beginnings of the creature may have been, it had been tainted by the desires and designated ideals and “needs” of the city. The mechanical hound was portrayed as something perilous and hostile, especially to Montag. Taking advantage of how the device was programmed, the firemen would “be betting to see which the Hound seized first” (22) of a selection of rats, cats, and chicken as if it were some euphoric joke. They depend on and find merriment in the violence that the Hound brings. Not only does the Hound’s hostility represent a type of game to the firemen, but it is highlighted greatly by the occurrence of the bets. The programmed aggression in which the Hound lives with is continuously controlled by men who use it to their benefit. When Montag was running away from the city in hopes of not being caught for his grand actions (of killing Beatty as well as taking down the mechanical hound which was used almost to threaten him), it was indicated that the city lost his trail and to calm the hearts of the citizens, claimed the life of an innocent man walking the streets at night with the help of the mechanical hound. Even while being a far way off from the city and down the river, the memories

In their possession, they held a portable, handheld television. While the television is basically a smaller version of the same parlor walls Mildred could not get enough of, the reason why they used it was much different than the reason why Mildred did. Granger and the rest of the men used and confided in the battery powered portable TV as a gateway into knowing what was going on in the city while they were not there to experience it. It was even odd to Montag how Granger had originally already knew his name with Montag having to tell him before he “nodded to the portable battery TV set by the fire” (141) implying that what was represented was the exact reason they used the TV; to know what was happening around them in the cities while they were isolated and stuck moving on the