The Dread Doctor, Ray Bradbury, was the harbinger of vice he wrote books of futuristic phenomenons, in technology and civilians dependence on it, which ultimately came to be. He wrote famous fables such as The Pedestrian; a short tale about how the nail sticking out always gets hammered, along with Usher II and Veldt which are horror stories of how people have used technology to murder another. Fahrenheit 451, which is a novel about intense censorship, is also one of Bradbury’s most known work because of its futuristic feel and unsuspected twist. Bradbury made multiple predictions throughout his works and these predictions are slowly becoming more real such as technological takeover.
Technological advances perceived by Bradbury in the 1950s were actually realistic and are a purchasable items today. Very few of the electronics discussed in the story have yet to be invented. “The rooms were acrawl with …show more content…
It is easier to put fear in people with censorship in today's society. “Social media news consumers still get news from a variety of other sources and to a fairly consistent degree across sites.” (Gottfried) This is relatable to Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” in which the government uses censorship to instill fear in the community. People are only allowed to do certain actions such as walking when it is deemed alright to do so. Anything a single person does that is not considered normal is automatically classified as suspicious activity. “Just walking, Mr. Mead?” “Yes.” “But you haven’t explained for what purpose.” (Bradbury, The Pedestrian, 2) Also, In Bradbury’s “Usher II” books were being burned constraining the individuality people have with their imagination. They would burn books to prevent conflict, censoring what people could read. ““All of his books were burned in the Great Fire. That's thirty years ago.” (Bradbury, The Usher,
Technological advances perceived by Bradbury in the 1950s were actually realistic and are a purchasable items today. Very few of the electronics discussed in the story have yet to be invented. “The rooms were acrawl with …show more content…
It is easier to put fear in people with censorship in today's society. “Social media news consumers still get news from a variety of other sources and to a fairly consistent degree across sites.” (Gottfried) This is relatable to Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” in which the government uses censorship to instill fear in the community. People are only allowed to do certain actions such as walking when it is deemed alright to do so. Anything a single person does that is not considered normal is automatically classified as suspicious activity. “Just walking, Mr. Mead?” “Yes.” “But you haven’t explained for what purpose.” (Bradbury, The Pedestrian, 2) Also, In Bradbury’s “Usher II” books were being burned constraining the individuality people have with their imagination. They would burn books to prevent conflict, censoring what people could read. ““All of his books were burned in the Great Fire. That's thirty years ago.” (Bradbury, The Usher,