The problem of removing and distorting information from the public is an area of discussion in Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 that can also be connected to the modern growth of technology and the problems that present themselves with digital growth. In both cases, the information presented is corrupted. Whether the corruption is the demolition and burning of books and the creation of ignorance, or that the Internet is slowly decreasing the need for books and replacing them with online materials that are run by opinion and popularity, the corruption of information is relevant in both cases. The two ways of corruption are different but are both successful in removing information in their own unique ways. In Fahrenheit 451 countless books and literary
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The mentality that “if it is online than it must be true” grows greater as the Internet increases in popularity and dependence. Many people follow what they see or read online and little can be done about what the Internet produces for readers. Much like the ignorant users today, Montag encounters the ignorance of his own people. His wife uses technology so much that she refers to it as, “‘my only family. They tell me things’” (69). Montag witnesses what becomes of a society if it loses the need for books, thinking, intellectual stimulation, and replaces these things with technology and lack of desire. However, Montag does find those similar to him, the people he meets in the forest: those who memorize whole texts and passages, for they know that the book which holds the text is burning. The irony is that, Montag and his fellow refugees are the only ones who survive the bombings, as they were the only ones who knew outside information and wanted to learn. Similar to Montag when he discovered fire is useful as a heat source, those in today’s society who still find books entertaining and useful, find warmth in the pages and many uses from the …show more content…
They are the transportation knowledge, history, art, science, culture, and many other irreplaceable things. However, these same books, which bring education and happiness, are slowly disappearing. Whether it is by the fires set on them or by the growth of technology, books are becoming endangered. The books that contain so much must be protected, for once they are taken the knowledge that resides within is gone forever. Much like Montag’s people and today’s technology user, “there is a season. A time to break down, and a time to build up” (144). It is time to stop burning down, stop the digital contortion of information and build up, before everything falls
The mentality that “if it is online than it must be true” grows greater as the Internet increases in popularity and dependence. Many people follow what they see or read online and little can be done about what the Internet produces for readers. Much like the ignorant users today, Montag encounters the ignorance of his own people. His wife uses technology so much that she refers to it as, “‘my only family. They tell me things’” (69). Montag witnesses what becomes of a society if it loses the need for books, thinking, intellectual stimulation, and replaces these things with technology and lack of desire. However, Montag does find those similar to him, the people he meets in the forest: those who memorize whole texts and passages, for they know that the book which holds the text is burning. The irony is that, Montag and his fellow refugees are the only ones who survive the bombings, as they were the only ones who knew outside information and wanted to learn. Similar to Montag when he discovered fire is useful as a heat source, those in today’s society who still find books entertaining and useful, find warmth in the pages and many uses from the …show more content…
They are the transportation knowledge, history, art, science, culture, and many other irreplaceable things. However, these same books, which bring education and happiness, are slowly disappearing. Whether it is by the fires set on them or by the growth of technology, books are becoming endangered. The books that contain so much must be protected, for once they are taken the knowledge that resides within is gone forever. Much like Montag’s people and today’s technology user, “there is a season. A time to break down, and a time to build up” (144). It is time to stop burning down, stop the digital contortion of information and build up, before everything falls