Does technology do more good than harm, or more harm than good today in our lives? Think about it. Look at how much more advanced we are with it. How far we have come whether it is with the use of weapons, communication, or safety purposes. Now think of what the world would be like without it. No phones, no television, no safety scanners, nothing. It would be a very diverse world would it not be? Would this be a satisfying or a dissatisfying change? Would our world be better without phones, television, safety scanners? In the book, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, technology is one of the most colossal aspects in the everyday lives of the people living in the society. Just like today, technology is becoming the only thing that the society cares
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Now the whole population is involved in social media. What happens now? In the book, Mildred talks to the parlor walls all the time. She talked to them so much to the point where Montag was feeling “left out”, not cared for by his wife. Mildred thought of the characters on the TV shows as her family, rather than her actual family. Whenever Montag told Mildred that the characters on the TV show were just characters, she acted very offended that he would say such a thing. “Only the ‘family’ is the ‘people’” (80). Mildred does not understand what Montag is talking about when he tells her that they are not her family. Mildred has become so addicted she cannot tell the difference from human and technology interactions, but she also does not seem to care very much about it. All she cares about is her “family” living inside of the parlor walls. Even when Montag is talking to the children that go to school, it seems like they are surrounded by technology. It is all that they stare at, all day every day. “An hour of TV class… but do you know, we never ask questions… they just run answers at you, bing,
Now the whole population is involved in social media. What happens now? In the book, Mildred talks to the parlor walls all the time. She talked to them so much to the point where Montag was feeling “left out”, not cared for by his wife. Mildred thought of the characters on the TV shows as her family, rather than her actual family. Whenever Montag told Mildred that the characters on the TV show were just characters, she acted very offended that he would say such a thing. “Only the ‘family’ is the ‘people’” (80). Mildred does not understand what Montag is talking about when he tells her that they are not her family. Mildred has become so addicted she cannot tell the difference from human and technology interactions, but she also does not seem to care very much about it. All she cares about is her “family” living inside of the parlor walls. Even when Montag is talking to the children that go to school, it seems like they are surrounded by technology. It is all that they stare at, all day every day. “An hour of TV class… but do you know, we never ask questions… they just run answers at you, bing,