Bernard Howeth
Mrs. Karle
English 1A
October 2, 2015
Bradbury and the search for Utopia in a modern society In Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, in the quest for a utopian society, people have decided to use self-censorship to escape the reality of everyday life and try to achieve harmony and happiness which leads to catastrophic results. In his novel, Bradbury shows how once technology is embraced by the public at large the results that are achieved can be detrimental to the future by the choices we make. To gain true happiness with in a society is to understand the natural way that people interact and relate to each other. Although the television industry was in its infancy when Bradbury wrote his novel in 1953, he was understood that this …show more content…
It is a contributing factor to how the interaction of people with one another has changed. Social media apps such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to name a few, are platforms that are taking the place today of what the television was to the characters in Fahrenheit 451. In the novel this is shown when Mildred is more interested in interacting with her TV family than she is with people around her. Add quote from book to show use of tech and lack of interaction. The use of Seashells depicted in the book is seen all around us today as we see people on a daily basis with headphones walking around every day. The lack of physical interaction caused by these and other forms of social media are having disastrous effects on how humanity sees others. The value of life is deteriorating the more that these Smartphone apps integrate themselves into the fabric of society as ways of communicating and interacting. The ability to share videos, pictures, music as well as communicate is having an impact on the world around us. More on trends of technology use, add from Patai to show tv use as …show more content…
Driving fast, keeping ear buds in their ears, and phones in their hands and spending all day in front TV programs, are ways the people have developed to suppress any emotions that are connected to real life. The people of Fahrenheit 451 have to come to equate this distraction with happiness. Only by experiencing things that are new or awkward, can people achieve a real and meaningful relationship with the world and each other. Their education according to Clarisse consists of learning answers without asking questions. “but do you know, we never ask questions, or at least most don’t; they just run the answers at you bing, bing, bing, and us sitting there for four more hours of film-teacher” (Bradbury
Mrs. Karle
English 1A
October 2, 2015
Bradbury and the search for Utopia in a modern society In Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, in the quest for a utopian society, people have decided to use self-censorship to escape the reality of everyday life and try to achieve harmony and happiness which leads to catastrophic results. In his novel, Bradbury shows how once technology is embraced by the public at large the results that are achieved can be detrimental to the future by the choices we make. To gain true happiness with in a society is to understand the natural way that people interact and relate to each other. Although the television industry was in its infancy when Bradbury wrote his novel in 1953, he was understood that this …show more content…
It is a contributing factor to how the interaction of people with one another has changed. Social media apps such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to name a few, are platforms that are taking the place today of what the television was to the characters in Fahrenheit 451. In the novel this is shown when Mildred is more interested in interacting with her TV family than she is with people around her. Add quote from book to show use of tech and lack of interaction. The use of Seashells depicted in the book is seen all around us today as we see people on a daily basis with headphones walking around every day. The lack of physical interaction caused by these and other forms of social media are having disastrous effects on how humanity sees others. The value of life is deteriorating the more that these Smartphone apps integrate themselves into the fabric of society as ways of communicating and interacting. The ability to share videos, pictures, music as well as communicate is having an impact on the world around us. More on trends of technology use, add from Patai to show tv use as …show more content…
Driving fast, keeping ear buds in their ears, and phones in their hands and spending all day in front TV programs, are ways the people have developed to suppress any emotions that are connected to real life. The people of Fahrenheit 451 have to come to equate this distraction with happiness. Only by experiencing things that are new or awkward, can people achieve a real and meaningful relationship with the world and each other. Their education according to Clarisse consists of learning answers without asking questions. “but do you know, we never ask questions, or at least most don’t; they just run the answers at you bing, bing, bing, and us sitting there for four more hours of film-teacher” (Bradbury