Fahrenheit 451 and The Veldt were written by Ray Bradbury in the 1950s, in an era when the United States was experiencing economic, technical, and social changes. Both of these works have the theme of the negative impact of technology. Bradbury has written both of these books to bring awareness to the fact that technology has a negative impact on communication with people. In Fahrenheit 451 technology has made people unable to think for themselves. When Clarisse spoke to Montag about the social atmosphere at school, she explained that no one talks to each other. "But I don't think it's social to get a bunch of people together and then not let them talk, do you?" Another example Bradbury gives of the negative effects technology has on people's