Meaningful Conversations Means Meaningful Families
Ever wonder what real families consist of? So many people in the world today don’t know how to communicate properly and have meaningful conversations. Most of them are just glued to their phones and they can’t even go a day without them. Families are being pulled apart not only because they’ve forgotten how to talk to people, but because of these new devices that are coming out every other month. The divorce rate has risen tremendously compared to 50 years ago. Now, people text instead of talking face to face; some families don’t even have dinner together(and if they do, they don’t even talk to each other half the time); and friends use emoticons to express how they feel. In Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451, families and even friends hardly ever have meaningful conversations or …show more content…
It’s a new idea. The homemaker, that’s me, is the missing part. When it comes time for the missing lines, they all look at me out of the three walls and I say the lines.’” (Bradbury, 20) Sure, she has “conversations” with her parlors, but they aren’t meaningful conversations. Millie also has seashells, which are like earbuds. She isolates herself in her “seashells” so often that Montag just gave up even talking to her at night. There was one night when Montag asked about what happened to Clarisse. Millie responds, “‘No. The same girl. McClellan.. Run over by a car. Four days ago. I’m not sure. But I think she’s dead.’” (47) This proves that Millie doesn’t remember or care if somebody dies; she just cares about her parlor walls. Her shallowness is also carried with her friends, Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles. They were talking about how they would “kick than kiss” their children if they had any. Mrs. Bowles mentions: “‘I’ve had two children by Caesarian section. No use going through all that agony for a baby. The world must reproduce, you know, the race must go on.
Ever wonder what real families consist of? So many people in the world today don’t know how to communicate properly and have meaningful conversations. Most of them are just glued to their phones and they can’t even go a day without them. Families are being pulled apart not only because they’ve forgotten how to talk to people, but because of these new devices that are coming out every other month. The divorce rate has risen tremendously compared to 50 years ago. Now, people text instead of talking face to face; some families don’t even have dinner together(and if they do, they don’t even talk to each other half the time); and friends use emoticons to express how they feel. In Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451, families and even friends hardly ever have meaningful conversations or …show more content…
It’s a new idea. The homemaker, that’s me, is the missing part. When it comes time for the missing lines, they all look at me out of the three walls and I say the lines.’” (Bradbury, 20) Sure, she has “conversations” with her parlors, but they aren’t meaningful conversations. Millie also has seashells, which are like earbuds. She isolates herself in her “seashells” so often that Montag just gave up even talking to her at night. There was one night when Montag asked about what happened to Clarisse. Millie responds, “‘No. The same girl. McClellan.. Run over by a car. Four days ago. I’m not sure. But I think she’s dead.’” (47) This proves that Millie doesn’t remember or care if somebody dies; she just cares about her parlor walls. Her shallowness is also carried with her friends, Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles. They were talking about how they would “kick than kiss” their children if they had any. Mrs. Bowles mentions: “‘I’ve had two children by Caesarian section. No use going through all that agony for a baby. The world must reproduce, you know, the race must go on.