Fahrenheit 451 Technology Essay

Is Technology Really A Good Thing? Ray Bradbury should be considered a very wise man. He wrote the novel Fahrenheit 451 in 1953 and yet it is still relevant in 2015. All the factors that destroyed the society in the novel are still factors in today’s society. The warnings mentioned can still serve as warning to today’s people. Technology is advancing more and more everyday and that itself poses a threat to our society’s way of living. In that society the citizens are not united as one so it is very easy to be categorized as a minority. For example, something as simple as preferring dogs over cats made a person a minority People in that society did not take kind to anything outside of the norm that was put in place. For example, Clarisse’s uncle was arrested and put in jail for two days for going 45 mph on a highway. In that society going 45 mph was considered unusual and therefore Clarisse’s uncle was given excessive punishment. Everyone is subsequently the same in all aspects of life due to lack of knowledge that was caused by the cutting edge technology such …show more content…
The invention of jet cars in that society made everything fast, Clarisse points out that “if you showed a driver a green blur , Oh yes! he’d say, that’s grass”(Pg. 9) She is emphasizing just how fast everything is and how n’o one stops to actually notice the little things. In today’s society social media plays a huge role in the lack of harmony among the population. Different apps such as Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook make everything so instant. Which seems like a good thing at first glance but this privilege is very gilded. The novel was written in the 1950’s and around that time the television was becoming very popular. People would rather watch others on t.v than spend quality time with family. The author was warning today’s society against letting technology become a necessity to