Technology is becoming a bigger weapon every day that is being used against humans. The society built by Ray Bradbury in his book Fahrenheit 451, is in contrast to today’s society in many ways. Though, the impact of technology and the need for entertainment over knowledge is similar to society now. Still, schools are deciding to censor this dystopian society that seems to share many characteristics with today’s society. Bradbury demonstrates that as technology becomes more integrated in human lives, they lose the ability to socialize and critical thinking is suppressed. Human socialization will suffer as long as people are obsessed with technology. Montag came home to Mildred and her friends, watching weird and disturbing shows. He unplugs the parlor …show more content…
Humans' idea of what it truly means to be social has changed since technology took over. Clarisse has been pinned as unnatural, but in her eyes “I’m antisocial, they say. I’m very social indeed. ... Being with people is nice. But I don’t think it’s social to get a bunch of people together and then not let them talk” (26-27). Humans have lost the ability to have interactions without some sort of technology being involved. They can no longer have conversations and now it is considered weird to make connections with others. Technology is now the sole way of entertainment for humans, so the need for human interaction has been put on the back burner. If people were to interact, it would be through some sort of technology. In reality, people “are in constant contact but there is no human contact”. Even when people gather in a room, they don’t talk to each other because they are immersed in technology. They are together, but they are not making any connections or having meaningful conversations. Human critical thinking skills are taken away as long as technology is a part of their