(AGG)In “Fahrenheit 451” the technology is made to show the damage that it could do to the human and characters are made to show that technology is bad. (BS-1) He shows that the people who watch TV lose memory and people who don't watch TV have their memory. (BS-2) Also the people are loyal to the unlawful government and the people that don't use technology see that the government is bad and disobey the rules . (BS-3) Lastly the people who use technology have worse communication skills then the people who don't use technology. (TS): Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, sends the message that media is treacherous to society.
(MIP-1) Ray Bradbury describes the damaging effects of technology as a form of entertainment that …show more content…
(SIP-A) People are loyal to the government because technology indoctrinates them to follow the rules. (STEWE-1) One example is when Clarisse McClellan asks if Montag has ever read any of the books he's burned, “He laughed, ’That's against the law’” (Bradbury 5). (STEWE-2) A second example is when Mildred reports Montag for having books. He learns that she was the one who put in the alarm. As Mildred runs past Montag with her suitcase he calls to her, ”’Mildred, you didn’t put in the alarm!’” (Bradbury 108). Mildred was being loyal to the government and following the rules. (SIP-B) If you are not loyal to the government then you are punished. (STEWE-1)In the first section, “The Hearth and Salamander” an old woman was reported to have books in her attic. When the firemen arrive they douse the books with kerosene and she says,”You can’t have my books. ”(Bradbury 35) She then lights a match setting the house on fire and killing herself. “The woman on the porch reached out with contempt to them all, and struck the kitchen match against the railing’”(Bradbury 37) (STEWE-2) Another example is when the Hound kills Montage”. After Montag kills Beatty he escapes the Hound by going into the river. The Hound can't find him. “He was three hundred yards downstream when the Hound reached the river. Overhead the great racketing fans of the helicopters hovered. A storm of light fell upon the river and Montag dived under the great illumination as if the sun had broken the clouds. He felt the river pull him further on its way, into darkness. Then the lights switched back to the land, the helicopters swerved over the city again, as if they had picked up another trail. They were gone. The Hound was gone. Now there was only the cold river and Montag floating in a sudden peacefulness, away from the city and the lights and the chase, away from