Dystopian: an imagined place or state in which nearly everything is bad, or vastly different compared to current culture. Novels and movies like “The Hunger Games”, “Divergent”, and “The Giver” come to mind, all of which have been released within the last ten years. All of these novels are depictions of what our world could could look like in the next hundred years. One dystopian--written in the the 1950’s--speaks of world that is simultaneously shockingly similar and distinctly different to our own: Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, predicted with eerie accuracy on how things like technology, social dynamics, and the control of information would be in a time near our own; however, stark differences in these same areas
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Almost everyone in the world of 451 are doped on drugs and tv, and individuality is crushed. The society of 451 is based on pleasure first, work never. A small percentage of people work, and the majority loaf around and watch tv and do drugs. While our culture love to have fun, nearly everyone has a job. This is in direct contrast to the 451 society. However, nearly everyone in our world owns a tv, and many people do drugs, just not to the extent seen in 451. Continuing, on the rare occasion that people like Mildred have friends over, they watch tv. They are bombarded with information about an awful war that has been going on for how long? No one seemed to care. News of their friends and relatives dying seem to have no effect on them. One could argue that people of today have become dulled to the vast amount of terror attacks, mass shootings, and other atrocities. However, people still feel the pain of losing a loved one, and people today come together after horrors such as the vegas shooting. Finally, just like in the society of 451, rarely in our society is individuality encouraged. In the book, a character named Clarisse McClellan shows a spark of individuality, spouting beautifully different ideas about their twisted society. She is killed the next day, supposedly ran over by a car. Captain Beatty says “ You can't rid yourselves of …show more content…
Bradbury depicted a world devoid of real interaction, love, and true education. A dystopian future resulting from an oppressive government that steals away books containing precious knowledge. Bradbury’s predictions of a world that relies on technology and minimises books has come true to a point, but we don't have to degrade into a mindless mob of uncaring drug
Almost everyone in the world of 451 are doped on drugs and tv, and individuality is crushed. The society of 451 is based on pleasure first, work never. A small percentage of people work, and the majority loaf around and watch tv and do drugs. While our culture love to have fun, nearly everyone has a job. This is in direct contrast to the 451 society. However, nearly everyone in our world owns a tv, and many people do drugs, just not to the extent seen in 451. Continuing, on the rare occasion that people like Mildred have friends over, they watch tv. They are bombarded with information about an awful war that has been going on for how long? No one seemed to care. News of their friends and relatives dying seem to have no effect on them. One could argue that people of today have become dulled to the vast amount of terror attacks, mass shootings, and other atrocities. However, people still feel the pain of losing a loved one, and people today come together after horrors such as the vegas shooting. Finally, just like in the society of 451, rarely in our society is individuality encouraged. In the book, a character named Clarisse McClellan shows a spark of individuality, spouting beautifully different ideas about their twisted society. She is killed the next day, supposedly ran over by a car. Captain Beatty says “ You can't rid yourselves of …show more content…
Bradbury depicted a world devoid of real interaction, love, and true education. A dystopian future resulting from an oppressive government that steals away books containing precious knowledge. Bradbury’s predictions of a world that relies on technology and minimises books has come true to a point, but we don't have to degrade into a mindless mob of uncaring drug