Use Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

The novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and its dystopian society serves as a warning to modern readers. The book’s examples of potential dangers on top of scenes from a similar life in the film Wall-E are a wake up call to those living in the twenty-first century. Now, the great suffering depicted in these works of fiction are beginning to look more and more like reality, as seen in recent events in the news. Through the use of futuristic technology, the lack of meaningful relationships with one another, and the acts of oppression by governments and other powerful organizations a light is shone on the possibly harmful future waiting for those living in this current contemporary society. As people continue to make technology more apparent

Ray Bradbury’s depictions of futuristic technology in the book from television walls to Mechanical Hounds shows just that. Faber introduces a highly advanced ear piece to Montag for him to wear which allows Faber to tell him how to go about doing things and how to approach certain situations. Montage wears it and listens to Faber’s words, however he tells Faber, “I’m not thinking. I’m just doing like I’m told” (Bradbury 88). In today's world people have the ability to think for themselves and the freedom to act on their own. When Faber introduced his device to Montag, Guy came under Faber's influence. This ear piece has the power to make him very dependent on that technology to tell him what to think. This could result in the decline of independence. As time goes on, technology continues to be further developed which is making humans more reliable on its many uses. The futuristic life being led by passengers on the Axiom ship in the film Wall-E shows how the consistent use of technology can have serious consequences. Aboard the cruise ship is a passenger, John, who has relied on the hover chair to transport him everywhere so much that when he falls out of the chair he “flails like an upside down turtle. Unable to stand on his baby legs” (Wall-E). Because John introduced the hover chair into his life full time he lost his simple ability to walk. In today's world, humans still

Montag and his wife, Mildred, lack that kind of relationship and they aren’t the only ones. Clarisse, their neighbor, is quite the people-watcher and she goes around observing people’s conversations where she realizes that they “don’t talk about anything…they all say the same things and nobody says anything different from anyone else'' (Bradbury 28). People in 2023 have relationships with each other that are filled with emotion and meaning. These relationships end up being the most important part of people's lives. In Clarrisse's world, people all ignore each other and do not bother connecting over anything at all. Their interactions are strictly a formality that means nothing. Similar to the dry relationship of Montag and Mildred, two passengers in Wall-E have an aimless way of communicating. They try to talk and make plans, but both are doing so half-heartedly which leads to them being indecisive all while “both humans are totally unaware of the other’s presence” (Wall-E). When people are around others that they care about they will try to maximize their time spent together. Aboard the futuristic Axiom the two passengers do not care about having a real connection which slowly isolates them from each other. Because their cruise ship is equipped with other forms of entertainment they ignore the company of those who matter most