Ray Bradbury Have The Right To Fear Modern Technology

Knowledge is power. Even more powerful when it’s from a reliable source such as a book. But, what would happen to knowledge and life itself when books are no longer seen as needed? What would happen if they were replaced by a busy life fueled by modern technology? This is the plot line of the fascinating book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury answers this provocative question with a futuristic book-less society. Along the way he shows how this actually happening in our society could cause pointless lives with ignorance and mediocrity. Bradbury being to dive into this question by explaining what modern technologies replace books. First mention of what replaces books is on page 12 when Montag describes these headphone like things as “little seashells, the thimbles of the radios tamped tight”. Next …show more content…
I believe he does. If you consider the depreciating value of books now a days it’s actually something very real. With the creation of online books and their use quickly growing, books are slowly fading away. Not to mention most young adults don’t particularly enjoy reading books. The cause of that is that they’d much rather be using their electronic devices to check social media or text their friends. With modern technology uprising it’s a very real harm to the future value of books. This point further supported throughout his novel Unfortunately with the rise of modern technology the value seen in books is dropping. They are been seen as old fashioned and boring. I find it ridiculous. Books should be valued much more since they are much more reliable. Not to mention you can use books in library for free while if you’d want to use a online book, you’d have to pay multiple fees. Books should be valued as they are part of our past and help us learn in better ways then other new technologies can. With story books our imaginations can grow making us smarter and more free spirted