Theme Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury's award-winning novel Fahrenheit 451 is still read in schools today. The dystopian futuristic world he created through each page of the novel influenced many people who read his novel. It seems Ray Braddbury presented 3 themes throughout the novel. For instance, the theme of technology is prioritized in the novel. Additionally, the idea of the minority vs the majority is continuously mentioned in the novel until it ends the story with it. Ultimately, the theme of love is emphasized throughout the novel.

I maintain that the theme of technology is most prominently mentioned in the novel. The main way in which the idea of technology is developed in the novel is through the characters' addiction to the technology around them. For

In particular, an example of this theme is mentioned in a conversation between Mildred and Montag where Montag asks: “Does the White Clown love you? Does your family love you very much?” In this exchange Montag is trying to get his wife to realize that the characters in TV are not actual people that love her, but he is unsuccessful in his attempt to convince her. She is so addicted to the TV that she chooses to love the characters in it rather than her husband. Even further, Ray Bradbury emphasizes technology and its addictive terrible effect on society. He shows us how addictive we rely on technology can get in this society. He shows us this all throughout the novel from the repetitive developments that involved a character's addiction to some form of technology. Ray Bradbury accurately predicted the future as in 2023 in our present time. He made strong technology predictions and in a way this society is sort of reflected on us with the technology. We see further examples of the theme of technology when Mildred states, “My family is people. They tell me things, I laugh,

An example of Minority vs the Majority is when Beatty is having a conversation with Montag about how the majority of the people wanted books banned and how the government did not ban them, the people did, so they had to side with the majority. The majority doesn't care about books, even if the majority do in this society that isn’t cared for since the majority gets their way.

Lastly, another example of this is how the minority is constantly being blocked out and punished and even being sent to asylums because people prejudiced them as crazy for enjoying books. The majority put these rules in place because of the amount of hostility they have against them. The minority finds books entertaining, but the majority finds technology entertaining, they are quite the opposite so that gives them a reason to revolt against