Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, published in 1953. It is regarded as one of his best works. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. This society portrays the people to be very selfish and self centered, hindered by the constant technology around them. Bradbury predicted many things to occur in the future, not everything was correct but there was some points where he hit the nail on the head.
Bradbury was able to predict some of the post popular technology that would soon to come in the near future. In Fahrenheit 451 he talked about the people having thimble radios and seashells in their ears, in my opinion that was obvious. In 1953 he was able to imagine Ipods and earbuds which would have come to be popular in our time. He also predicted Parlor walls that were corner to corner ceiling to floor flat screen tvs. Although that has not come yet, the flat screen tv is a very popular piece of technology we use today. Bradbury also talked about digital friends and family, he portrayed Mildred as obsessed with her parlor family. That sounds very similar to friends and family on social media being able to connect and message each other. He successfully was able to predict popular technology in today's society. …show more content…
For example, today social isolationism is a big factor. A Lot of people rather sit in the house and watch tv and play games then to go out and be social with other people. Bradbury described social isolationism when Mildred spent all day glued to the parlor walls watching tv instead of spending time with real friends or family. On average today, people spend 6.8 hours of their day watching tv or playing games alone. He also predicted shorter attention spans in the
Bradbury was able to predict some of the post popular technology that would soon to come in the near future. In Fahrenheit 451 he talked about the people having thimble radios and seashells in their ears, in my opinion that was obvious. In 1953 he was able to imagine Ipods and earbuds which would have come to be popular in our time. He also predicted Parlor walls that were corner to corner ceiling to floor flat screen tvs. Although that has not come yet, the flat screen tv is a very popular piece of technology we use today. Bradbury also talked about digital friends and family, he portrayed Mildred as obsessed with her parlor family. That sounds very similar to friends and family on social media being able to connect and message each other. He successfully was able to predict popular technology in today's society. …show more content…
For example, today social isolationism is a big factor. A Lot of people rather sit in the house and watch tv and play games then to go out and be social with other people. Bradbury described social isolationism when Mildred spent all day glued to the parlor walls watching tv instead of spending time with real friends or family. On average today, people spend 6.8 hours of their day watching tv or playing games alone. He also predicted shorter attention spans in the