Theme Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 is a warning to society
Society becomes more advanced every day, but no one knows what an advanced society is like. Fahrenheit 451 is a book taking place in the future. Books are banned at this time and a fireman's job is to destroy them. Guy Montag, a fireman, burns books every day for the government . One day, Montag meets Clarisse, who is a wise girl who loves books. After they meet Montag starts to think about his society and question his job. Fahrenheit 451 is a warning to society nowadays shown through technology, violence, and distractions.
Technology is one way the book is a warning to society. Technology is getting better every minute around the world, and it’s not gonna stop growing anytime soon. Technology

If you upset or disrupt it, it can kill you. “The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated the back in a dark corner of the firehouse.” (Bradbury 21). Hounds help the firemen by hunting people down who own books illegally. Also, Hounds are made so advanced that they can smell someone from afar, there is no way of hiding. This is a warning to society because if something like a Hound is made, secrets could not be kept. When citizens are hiding something they don’t want anyone to know, everyone would find out from robots. This could lead to society falling apart. No one would support the government's decisions and this could eventually lead to war. In addition, the society in the book is addicted to watching TV. TV’s are the size of walls with their extreme technology. Society is so addicted to TV that they don’t do anything else.. “How long

Distractions are used all around, small and big. In Fahrenheit 451, citizens own Seashells which are little radio thimbles. Most people have them in for most of the day. “Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind.” (Bradbury 10). Seashells distract the society in Fahrenheit 451. They have them in their ears constantly. They don't talk to anyone that much anymore either. This also relates back to technology also. Many people are focused on technology and not life. This is a distraction from everything happening around them. This is a warning to society nowadays on how distractions can be used for others to hide something. In addition, the government wants a happy society. Being happy is the only emotion that the government wants, however the only way to do this is by creating distractions. In fact, the government makes life more fun by having seashells, fast cars, and TV. But the government has to take away sad and depressing things, like books and funerals, to do so. “Burn the book. Serenity, Montag. Peace, Montag. Take your fight outside. Better yet, into the incinerator. Funerals are unhappy and pagan? Eliminate them, too.” (Bradbury 57). Distractions make happiness possible. Also, in the book citizens are never heartbroken and never care when sad