Technology In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

Although the advancement of technology can lead to a greater efficiency, it can also lead people to rely on these technological advances too much that can cause them to become “brainless”. Technology plays a very important aspect in the world of Fahrenheit 451. People in their society has little or no interactions with others, and can barely have a thoughtful conversation.This is seen when Mildred tells Montag, “I went to to Helen’s last night”(Bradbury 50). Montag then asks her , “Couldn’t you get the shows in your own parlor?” (Bradbury 50), and she responds by stating that “Sure, but it’s nice visiting” (Bradbury 50). This reveals how Mildred only went over to her friends house to just watch television instead of spending quality time

In Mindwalker by A.J. Steiger, Lain Fisher is trained to be a Mindwalker which is someone that is able to remove people’s painful memories. After a patient’s memory is erased by Lain, the mother says to her daughter, “Everything will be fine now. You’ll see”(Steiger 32). But is it really “fine”? What if the technology today had the ability to erase people’s memory? If people’s memories were erased, how will they remember the life lessons that were taught by each one? For instance if Martin Luther King’s memories were erased would he still have accomplished as much and changed the world for the better without the racism he received, and the discrimination he saw against people of color? But then again if someone like Hitler, had his memories erased would that have saved people's lives? This proves how the combination of the advancement and creation of technology could possibly lead people “brainless” as well as the fact that if used inappropriately it can bring harm to others rather than good. The impending future of our society now may not be far off from what these dystopian novels predicted between the interaction of humans and