Technology In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

A massive amount of people use a lot technology a lot in our daily lives. Technology like smartphones, computers, and tv's are examples of entertainment while space shuttles, nano filtration, 3D printing are examples that helps the society grow. Their are positives and negatives of technology and people are just starting to question if these complicated yet convenient technology will give a future that we all desire or a future that is miserable. Science Fiction books like Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury inform a lot of readers an idea of what may happen in the near future. This book in particular does support the negative side, but there are a lot of positive points scattered around the book. Fahrenheit 451 does support that technology does

There are many examples in the book like the mechanical hound and medical machinery. Medical technology is so advanced compared to today's society. An example is that a "machine pumped all of the blood from the body and replaced it with fresh blood and serum"(Bradbury 6). Today's society cannot even do that, people can only take out some blood or put in new blood of the same type. Doing that, would be extremely useful by saving peoples' lives from infections. In real life, technology helps with transportation and communication. Examples of technology that helped transportation are "(1) road transport used by automobiles ,(2) air transport which is used by airplanes , (3)water transportation which is used by ships and speed boats and (4) space transportation used to go to the moon"(Use). Without technology, no one would not be able to travel far, not even across an ocean. For communication, "Electronic medias like radios, televisions, internet , social medias have improved the way we exchange ideas which can develop our societies"(Use). For us to communicate without technology, we would actually have to go to that person and talk to him/her. In Fahrenheit 451, the mechanical hound is used for making sure everyone is obeying the laws and it is a weapon as "it has a trajectory we decide for it. It follows through. It targets itself, homes itself, and cuts off. It's only copper wire, storage batteries, and electricity"(Bradbury 24). Even though it is complex, the materials in it are so simple. That is how advanced they are that today, we cannot even do that. They use it for society to make sure no one is doing wrong and it targets anyone you need to, which is really useful for capturing bad people that breaks the laws. Technology is being used a great deal everywhere, everyday and it is more advanced as time