Technology In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

In Fahrenheit 451, the people that are physically alive, but mentally dead, need an artistic and spiritual awakening in order to break free of the harsh leadership in their world. They are stuck in this makeshift society, which is missing quality information, leisure, and the right to carry out actions.

In our society, technology has overtaken our lives. In Fahrenheit 451, Mildred is obsessed with technology. For example, she said, “that’s my family.” (Bradbury 46), referring to the t.v. show. In this scene, Bradbury is showing how people are too drawn in on technology. It has overtaken our lives so much that we can’t live without it. “Technological evolution has a different motive force.”(Wu) This force is pulling us in too much and brainwashing

Leisure to Faber is “time to think” (Bradbury 80), and our society is lacking that. Yes, we have down time, but in that time we do things such as watch t.v. where “it tells you what to think and blasts it in.”(80). We spend so much time letting the technology think for us that our brains don’t actually think , or do anything. In our world, “Almost 1-in-4 Americans do not receive any paid vacation or paid holidays, trailing far behind most of the rest of the world's rich nations, according to the report.” (Mohn). This fact shows us that if we don’t have leisure time, then how are we supposed to learn to use the time wisely? Well, we in fact can’t learn to use that time wisely because of the situation. This shows that we are for sure missing leisure in our society.

The third, and last, thing Faber talks about is “the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interactions of the first two.” (Bradbury 81). This right in our society isn’t as restricted as it is in their society. Nowadays, we are allowed to carry out actions, as long as it’s legal. On the other hand, in their society, they’re very restricted and don’t have as many rights as we do. For them, it’s a never ending game of tag. The government being the ones chasing the

This is because her social is technology, in which she says, “my ‘family’ is people. They tell me things; I laugh; they laugh! And the colors!” (Bradbury 69). This is because she’s drawn attached that she only knows her ‘family’. She becomes too caught up with having her t.v. walls and such. It has literally taken over her life and she never got to truly see the world.
Overall, most people in this society will never change to truly seeing the world, and get shaken down from the tree where you will become mentally alive. This all reveals how much we should pay attention to things such as nature, and each other, instead of the material things in life.We should all help in a change where we bring quality and leisure back. After all, this is why we should all learn to “live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds.” (Bradbury