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The Role Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451

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Bradbury implements the motif of technology further with the aim of evaluating the impact technology has on relationships with one’s identity. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag has an epiphany of what is wrong with his society and how it impacts him emotionally. This development in Montag’s character is guided by Bradbury’s exertion of diction within the line “’Happy! Of all the nonsense.’” (10). The word ‘nonsense’ emphasizes that the society in the novel interprets emotions as useless and unessential aspects of a person’s identity. Parallelism is found in the same novel with the quotes “Of course I’m happy.” (10) and “He was not happy.” (12). These lines serve the purpose of emphasizing the lack of relationship one has with themselves due to the …show more content…

Diction is employed in the line “He gazed out the window of the rocket, blankly.” with the application of the word ‘blankly’ (108). The term ‘blankly’ presents incomprehension and ignorance. It acknowledges that Hitchcock truly does not understand what is on the outside and ignorantly refuses to educate himself on reality. Bradbury develops diction here with the purpose of exhibiting that the advancement of technology has the effect of pushing people to become ignorant of reality because while in the rocket, Hitchcock only believes in “…you and me and this rocket ship.” (107). This furthers the theme of technology’s role in interrupting an individual’s relationship with their knowledge because without this relationship individuals are forced to become ignorant of what is around them. Ignorance is also seen in the employment of metaphor in the quote “That hurts. Memories, as my father once said, are porcupines. To hell with them!” Hitchcock denies memories due to the pain that they may cause and with this does not look back on life. The line can also be seen as ironic because Hitchcock condemns looking to the past but remembers something his father once said to him with pride. Due to his complete rejection of memories and his hypocrisy in actually having them, Hitchcock is shown to be ignorant to his own beliefs as well as who he is as a person. Bradbury employs irony and metaphor here in order to identify how ignorance can be caused by technological advancements and the lack of necessity in thinking critically while surrounded by

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