Elan Griffin Advanced English I Mr. Gonzales 17 April 2024 The Fiction of Fahrenheit Folds Into Reality
What would someone from 70 years ago predict about today? Would they be able to predict the iPhone? The age of artificial intelligence: What aspects of a future society could one foreshadow? Many have thought about this question, even today. One author at the time, Ray Bradbury, made many prophecies of the far future in his fiction, Fahrenheit 451. His story takes place in a society where books are banned and destroyed by "firemen." Also, knowledge is irrelevant, and a carefree blanket covers society. The book revolves around a fireman named Guy Montag, who is evidently in an unwell mental state for most of the book. These are just a few …show more content…
Bradbury 14.
It’s really fun to do. It’ll be even more fun when we can afford to have the fourth wall installed. How long do you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall TV put in? It’s only two thousand dollars.” (Bradbury 22) In the story, parlor walls are gigantic, wall-sized television screens that show interactive programs that have no rhyme or reason. The seashells are repeatedly shown to be broadcasting on radio and music. In today’s world, large televisions are easily available, as well as immersive entertainment. Furthermore, AirPods and headphones can send information in many forms, from satellite broadcasts to the sound accompanying visual digital media. Leisure devices also portray society as a sum of the many who accept Bradbury's portrayed lifestyles. These astounding predictions were also noted in a 2012 Washington Post article, which cites, “The people in the " Taurus 451" society sport "seashells" and "thimble radios," which bear a striking resemblance to earbuds and Bluetooth headsets... Members of that futuristic society are also as obsessed with their large, flat-screen televisions as are today's technophiles, and the viewing screens in
What would someone from 70 years ago predict about today? Would they be able to predict the iPhone? The age of artificial intelligence: What aspects of a future society could one foreshadow? Many have thought about this question, even today. One author at the time, Ray Bradbury, made many prophecies of the far future in his fiction, Fahrenheit 451. His story takes place in a society where books are banned and destroyed by "firemen." Also, knowledge is irrelevant, and a carefree blanket covers society. The book revolves around a fireman named Guy Montag, who is evidently in an unwell mental state for most of the book. These are just a few …show more content…
Bradbury 14.
It’s really fun to do. It’ll be even more fun when we can afford to have the fourth wall installed. How long do you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall TV put in? It’s only two thousand dollars.” (Bradbury 22) In the story, parlor walls are gigantic, wall-sized television screens that show interactive programs that have no rhyme or reason. The seashells are repeatedly shown to be broadcasting on radio and music. In today’s world, large televisions are easily available, as well as immersive entertainment. Furthermore, AirPods and headphones can send information in many forms, from satellite broadcasts to the sound accompanying visual digital media. Leisure devices also portray society as a sum of the many who accept Bradbury's portrayed lifestyles. These astounding predictions were also noted in a 2012 Washington Post article, which cites, “The people in the " Taurus 451" society sport "seashells" and "thimble radios," which bear a striking resemblance to earbuds and Bluetooth headsets... Members of that futuristic society are also as obsessed with their large, flat-screen televisions as are today's technophiles, and the viewing screens in