Dangers Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, he explains the dangers of technology and how it keeps people happy. No one knows each other, therefore mo one can cause any distress. The ones that are different, and cause an uprising are killed, such as Clarisse, since they make the citizens feel an uneasiness, and feel unhappy. Books are unacceptable since they can bring conflict, and are incinerated with fire along with where the books were found. Technology is dangerous when it is overly consumed because it takes away conversing with the outside world, causing people in society to depend on technology. Montag and Millie are strangers to each other, yet married to each other. Montag realizes this after conversing with Clarisse, which causes him to think. He knows nothing about Millie, and not even when they met. Montag is appalled by this, whereas Millie couldn’t care less. This causes anger in Montag and questions Millie about her emptiness, “How do you get so empty” (Bradbury 44). Montag examines the world around and concludes that everyone rushes into things, and are busy, but don’t take the time to listen. He explains this and points the blame on technology, “The televisor is ‘real.’ It is immediate, it has dimension. It tells you what to think and blasts it in. It must be, …show more content…
These two phrases can mean the same, but are significantly different. Two people can love each other, and think they know everything about each other, but they don’t. A big factor that distracts all from this is technology because it eliminates from any bad, and brings a life of happiness. Montag and Millie live a life of love and ignorance since they are too engrossed in technology to even know each other. Millie is more connected with her TV family than her actual family, and Montag is the only one making an effort. Technology separates many people, like Millie, which causes the surrounding people to get affected by it, and ignore the reality around