Fahrenheit 451 Essay

Alexander McCall Smith, a British writer, once said, “One of the most destructive things that 's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.” Alexander McCall Smith is saying that people are getting to caught up in society and are losing their sense of human relationships. Today, society has so much technology that can potentially lead to a downfall of human relationships. In Fahrenheit 451, many people are losing sense of human relationships just like our society today. Also in Fahrenheit 451, most people are loosing a sense of human relationships because they are to caught up with technology. Mildred is an ideal character to Fahrenheit 451 society in that she doesn’t value human relationships, she doesn’t think, and she doesn’t care about people just like most people in Fahrenheit 451. Clarisse is a threat to Fahrenheit 451 society in that she cares about people, values human relationships, and thinks deeply unlike most people in Fahrenheit 451.

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On the other hand, Clarisse is considered a threat to society because she values human relationships, she cares about people, and she thinks deeply unlike most people in Fahrenheit 451. In the book Fahrenheit 451, most people are too caught up with technology and do not understand the concept of human relationships. Just as in the novel, Fahrenheit 451, many people today are losing the concept and ability of human relationships. Today, many people believe that knowledge takes too much work to understand and it is better to sit around watching television all day. What they need to understand is human relationships are important to life and a part of society that needs to be