Examples Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451

Technology has shaped today’s world and form many distractions. People, so focused in the own lives that they hardly get the chance to see how much better life could be. Throughout the book Fahrenheit 451, there are many examples of people allowing themselves to believe in a false happiness. In a society where reading and curiosity has long been replaced with robotic entertainment, the some characters begin to question everything while others slowly drown. Bradbury reveals the theme where the power of technology and fear has created a distorted happiness and outside help is needed to see the truth. Nowadays the digital world has taken over many of the character’s lives. There are plenty of reminders everywhere through media telling fake information, earbuds constantly tuning out the world, and television used to generate “family”. For example, Montag’s wife Mildred always has her eyes on the …show more content…
To realize that their lives could be better if they decide to take that first step to change it. In Fahrenheit 451, the firemen are not called to put out fires, they start them. They are altered by upstanding citizens when books are discovered. The fire station was altered about a home hiding books. When they came upon the house , they realize it belongs to a fellow firemen, Montag. Captain Beatty orders Montag to burn down his house to clean up the mess he made. Montag takes hold of the flamethrower and burns, “ he wanted to to change everything, the chairs, the tables and in the dining room the silver and plastics... rip in half with flame and put away the senseless problem” (82). Montag just needed an extra push to finally start over. He burned down everything he wanted to change since the beginning but could not and got rid off the women he married but never really knew or loved. Beatty and the firemen helped him do that, rid himself of all the possessions and people who held him