In Fahrenheit 451, books are illegal and are burned if one is caught with them. While it seems impossible that anything like that could ever happen to today’s society, there are many similarities between the modern day and Ray Bradury’s futuristic society. Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a futuristic setting, but the things that happen in today’s society and Bradbury’s futuristic world are strikingly similar. In Fahrenheit 451, people judge others by their appearance. Social interaction and social skills are rapidly being replaced by technology. No one has anything meaningful to say. School is set up a like a factory, children are put in school with specific instructions as to what they can and cannot do. In the setting in Fahrenheit 451, Mildred’s …show more content…
Mrs. Bowles said, “I voted last election, same as everyone, and I laid it on the line for President Noble. I think he’s one of the nicest looking men ever became president.” She described the next candidate, Hubert Hoag, in a more negative way. She said, “He wasn’t much, was he? Kind of small and homely and he didn’t shave too close or comb his hair very well.” Another one of Mildred’s friends responded, “Fat, too, and didn’t dress to hide it. No wonder the landslide was for Winston Noble. Even their names helped. Compare Winston Noble to Hubert Hoag for ten seconds and you can almost figure the results.” None of Mildred’s friends discussed the political aspect of each candidate. They simply based their vote off of appearance and names. Hubert Hoag could have had the best political ideas but Winston Noble won based on his appearance. In today’s society, the way society views people is largely based on their appearance. Whether or not someone gets a job or whether or not someone is treated with respect in today’s society is based on appearance. For example, the Queensland University of Technology studied 13,000 Caucasian women in 2010 and found that “blondes earn greater than seven percent more than female employees