Technology In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a dystopia where the use of technology has completely displaced the use of books and all things traditional. A group of government employed citizens, known as the Firemen, are tasked with burning the banned books, and keeping their ideas from being known to the public. As a result, everywhere there’s a human being, some form of technology is seen as well, whether it be advanced auto-mobiles, headphones, or television screens the size of an entire wall. Most people’s lives revolve entirely around technology, something Bradbury openly criticizes. Because of this, most people have become ignorant and bland, with each person no different than the last. This allows the author to show his evaluation of the importance

All throughout the story those who use different forms of technology appear ignorant, and almost inhuman. In the story, the protagonist Guy Montag discovers his wife unconscious next to an empty bottle of pills. After he calls the emergency hospital for help, to be met with two mere operators in this state of emergency stunned him. As they use the machines to prevent any harm to his wife, they stand there, carelessly, smoking cigarettes. “They stood with the cigarette smoke curling around their noses and into their eyes without making them blink or squint. ‘That’s fifty bucks.”’ (Page 13) Shockingly, the two men show no concern, and make no attempt to console Montag, despite his obvious discomfort. Even as they stand over a woman being brought back from the brinks of death, they don’t even wince. The once meaningful tasks such as these have now

They strive for a society where everyone’s content, and there’s absolutely no unhappy minorities disrupting people’s lives. Consequently, the government inadvertently created an environment where intelligence and individualism is no longer valued, only happiness. Ray Bradbury uses the seemingly ignorant society to shine a light on the legitimate importance of leading a unique life. An exact reflection of this claim would be Clarisse, a seventeen year-old whom Montag crosses paths with. Accordingly, Bradbury uses descriptive imagery in order to depict Clarisse’s elegant person. As Montag initially meets Clarisse, every sentence with her as the subject is illustrated in a positive manner, demonstrating how her unique, refreshing personality is a result of her intelligence and individualistic nature. Moreover, Montag’s encounter with Clarisse reshapes his entire thought process, implying a correlation between intelligence and emotion. After Clarisse returns home, there is a distinct change in Montag’s mindset that is brought to the reader’s attention through a change in syntax. Montag begins to wonder, “‘Of course I’m happy. What does she think? I’m not?” (Page 8) At first glance, these thoughts don’t appear as though they matter, but as the plot advances it’s discovered that for an average member of this