Bradbury Predictions In Fahrenheit 451

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One of Bradbury’s predictions was the lack of actual and sincere communication between families, friends, and strangers. The way we communicate has evolved over the years. Before technology was created there were no distractions and there were real conversations. In Fahrenheit 451, Mildred has no authentic conversations with Montag. She does not seem to care for his feelings or anything he has to say. She has more consideration towards her television show opera “family”. “She was quite obviously waiting for him to go.” “’What’s on this afternoon?’ he asked, tiredly. ‘Well, this is a play comes on the wall-to-wall circuit in ten minutes. They mailed me my part this morning.’” In this portion of the novel, Mildred didn’t care to talk to Montag;

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