In society today, entertainment and electronics slowly took over the lives of people, both adults and children. Teenagers desire to stay caught up with shows like “Keeping up with the Kardashians” or “The Vampire Diaries”, and adults find it necessary to use their phones even when they drive nowadays. Children, even at the toddler age, know how to use an electronic device sometimes even better than their parents do. In the novel, “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, the readers get to experience what life in the far future is like and how electronics and entertainment take over these people’s lives to the fullest. The protagonist of the novel, Montag, a fireman who lights books on fire, later becomes enlightened and realizes his society represents
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Keeping in mind that Bradbury published this book in 1953, many of Bradbury’s thought’s and warnings in Fahrenheit 451 reflect society today. Because of the fact that many of Bradbury’s warnings came true, readers can see that today 's entertainment-driven society does reflet the ideas in the novel. When Clarisse and Montag were talking about Clarisse’s history, she tells him, “[Children my age] kill each other…,” (30). Bradbury wrote this novel in 1953, when violence like this was not projected as much, although in society today, unfortunately, it’s not much of a surprise if a tragic accident happens because it occurs so often. The technology-driven society in Fahrenheit causes children of the future to become violent with one another and in today’s society many incidents say that that theory somewhat came true, emphasizing the realism of Bradbury’s writing and the events in the novel. The “bluetooth” represents another technological advance in Bradbury’s novel. When Faber first introduces the “bluetooth” to Montag he not only says that it speaks, but “‘It listens!” (90). People in Bradbury’s age were clueless to the possibility a device like the bluetooth exists; Bradbury’s creativity and belief that technology will take over allows him to …show more content…
The lack of book reading defeats people’s true purpose of life making them vulnerable to the dangers that can occur. Bradbury’s ideas have come to life in a magnificent way. Considering Bradbury had wrote this book in the 1950’s it is impressive how creative and imaginable he grew up to be, but without books he would have never become what he was when he wrote all those
Keeping in mind that Bradbury published this book in 1953, many of Bradbury’s thought’s and warnings in Fahrenheit 451 reflect society today. Because of the fact that many of Bradbury’s warnings came true, readers can see that today 's entertainment-driven society does reflet the ideas in the novel. When Clarisse and Montag were talking about Clarisse’s history, she tells him, “[Children my age] kill each other…,” (30). Bradbury wrote this novel in 1953, when violence like this was not projected as much, although in society today, unfortunately, it’s not much of a surprise if a tragic accident happens because it occurs so often. The technology-driven society in Fahrenheit causes children of the future to become violent with one another and in today’s society many incidents say that that theory somewhat came true, emphasizing the realism of Bradbury’s writing and the events in the novel. The “bluetooth” represents another technological advance in Bradbury’s novel. When Faber first introduces the “bluetooth” to Montag he not only says that it speaks, but “‘It listens!” (90). People in Bradbury’s age were clueless to the possibility a device like the bluetooth exists; Bradbury’s creativity and belief that technology will take over allows him to …show more content…
The lack of book reading defeats people’s true purpose of life making them vulnerable to the dangers that can occur. Bradbury’s ideas have come to life in a magnificent way. Considering Bradbury had wrote this book in the 1950’s it is impressive how creative and imaginable he grew up to be, but without books he would have never become what he was when he wrote all those