In a society where nobody is smart, all people are dominated by one force: technology. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, expresses the various themes of societal domination, individuality, and great realizations of rights and wrongs. Guy Montag, a fireman, burns the homes of those who own any type of book. He becomes obsessed with breaking away from the status quo and exploring books in order to expand his mental abilities and knowledge. His wife, Mildred, is addicted to technology and is very unaware of what happens in her surroundings. Fahrenheit 451 conveys a powerful message towards its readers through its connections of technology, addiction, and destruction of society.
Technology can be taken easily as an addiction, which connects to …show more content…
Montag’s curiosity tempts him into trying something new and breaking the law; leading him to break more than just one law. Nora Volkow, in her magazine article, "A double dose of research for patients addicted to both drugs and alcohol,” mentions the effects of a “dual addiction” on a person. Oftentimes, one drug addiction will lead to another, forming a dual addiction. After Captain Beatty left the Montag household, Guy “[moves] his hand and [drops] books” from the vent and “[looking] down upon” the damage done, he tells Mildred, “I didn’t really think. But now it looks as if we’re in this together” (Bradbury 65-66). Montag’s addiction begins as an interest for hiding a book in his home, in hopes of being able to read it someday. Eventually, his curiosity becomes a major habit and develops into a two- part addiction: hoarding books in hiding places and breaking the laws of the illiterate society. Although there is guilt present in Montag’s emotions, he does not pay attention to it because he would rather fulfill a task that makes him feel satisfied, just as a drug would. The article implies that dual addictions are destructive, in the same way that Montag’s addiction for books and Mildred’s addiction for technology result in the downfall of their relationship as husband and wife. People develop addictions very easily and cannot overcome them. The dependence on a specified stimulant will eventually …show more content…
In Montag’s flee from society, he realizes “It was not only the fire that was different.” but it was also a distinct “silence.. concerned with all of the world” that created a different feeling a (146). He was raised to Law’s article, "Up in smoke: setting fire to the waste problem," which addresses the issue of burning garbage and how it does not make that big of a difference in the environment. Captain Beatty views books as a form of garbage, which is why he burns books. The article shapes an idea that all trash should be burned to reduce the amount of it in the world, but the form of it is simply changed into carbon with the same mass as what it started with. The same ideology is expressed in Fahrenheit 451, for Beatty instructs his employees to burn books to reduce the amount of knowledge people have, but there are still people who break that rule and acquire knowledge of their own in order to educate the uneducated. The article implies that the world is becoming covered in ashes of things that should not be burned, just as the society in Fahrenheit 451, which is covered in “ash butterflies.” The ashes of the burnt trash are toxic to the human body, which compares to the people in Fahrenheit 451, who are not very intelligent & obey everything that they are told, due to their lack of knowledge. Montag is one who starts the fires, yet he owns books as well but does
Technology can be taken easily as an addiction, which connects to …show more content…
Montag’s curiosity tempts him into trying something new and breaking the law; leading him to break more than just one law. Nora Volkow, in her magazine article, "A double dose of research for patients addicted to both drugs and alcohol,” mentions the effects of a “dual addiction” on a person. Oftentimes, one drug addiction will lead to another, forming a dual addiction. After Captain Beatty left the Montag household, Guy “[moves] his hand and [drops] books” from the vent and “[looking] down upon” the damage done, he tells Mildred, “I didn’t really think. But now it looks as if we’re in this together” (Bradbury 65-66). Montag’s addiction begins as an interest for hiding a book in his home, in hopes of being able to read it someday. Eventually, his curiosity becomes a major habit and develops into a two- part addiction: hoarding books in hiding places and breaking the laws of the illiterate society. Although there is guilt present in Montag’s emotions, he does not pay attention to it because he would rather fulfill a task that makes him feel satisfied, just as a drug would. The article implies that dual addictions are destructive, in the same way that Montag’s addiction for books and Mildred’s addiction for technology result in the downfall of their relationship as husband and wife. People develop addictions very easily and cannot overcome them. The dependence on a specified stimulant will eventually …show more content…
In Montag’s flee from society, he realizes “It was not only the fire that was different.” but it was also a distinct “silence.. concerned with all of the world” that created a different feeling a (146). He was raised to Law’s article, "Up in smoke: setting fire to the waste problem," which addresses the issue of burning garbage and how it does not make that big of a difference in the environment. Captain Beatty views books as a form of garbage, which is why he burns books. The article shapes an idea that all trash should be burned to reduce the amount of it in the world, but the form of it is simply changed into carbon with the same mass as what it started with. The same ideology is expressed in Fahrenheit 451, for Beatty instructs his employees to burn books to reduce the amount of knowledge people have, but there are still people who break that rule and acquire knowledge of their own in order to educate the uneducated. The article implies that the world is becoming covered in ashes of things that should not be burned, just as the society in Fahrenheit 451, which is covered in “ash butterflies.” The ashes of the burnt trash are toxic to the human body, which compares to the people in Fahrenheit 451, who are not very intelligent & obey everything that they are told, due to their lack of knowledge. Montag is one who starts the fires, yet he owns books as well but does