Society has been altered tremendously from the time period that Fahrenheit 451 and Anthem were published to present day. Ayn Rand and Ray Bradbury provide predictions of the future of how they thought society would develop. Evidence from both novels suggests that corruption and immorality have affected society immensely causing it to fall into the trap of the authors’ warnings. It is astonishing to think that these prophetic authors were correct in many ways. Fahrenheit 451 shows similarities that relate with our current time. One of these ideas is an overall fast paced society. Clarisse was explaining to Montag how speed limits were not always dangerously high. People in this society no longer recognize the concept of nature. However, when
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Although Bradbury’s technology is far more advanced than current culture, individuals easily chose watching television rather than reading books. From the minute a child is born, he/she is taught from a screen rather than actual pages. Substitutes for books, such as video games and interactive television shows, are able to teach kids anything from the alphabet to an entirely different language. The imagination of a child’s mind is being completely removed with the help of advanced technology. They are moving further from art and drawing closer to the internet and social media. People no longer want to use energy; instead, they chose to carry out activities that require less effort. These qualities resemble the characters in Bradbury’s novel. The citizens of the dystopian society spend the majority of their time watching parlor screens. This is an example of mindless entertainment which requires a person to be less personable and less capable of independent thought. Mildred was completely reliant on these parlor walls as she states, "It 's really fun. It 'll be even more fun when we can afford to have the fourth wall installed. How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall-TV put in? It 's only two thousand dollars." Bradbury imagined people spending less time reading, thinking and even interacting with one another. Mildred is an …show more content…
These occupations were roles in society such as teachers, doctors, and street sweepers. Today, especially in schools, groups are often developed as a result of whom an individual talks to. According to teens.lovetoknow.com, cliques not only last for high school, but carry on throughout a person’s life especially in the workplace. It is frowned upon when a person looks or acts differently than everyone else. It is wrong to express individuality in either society’s perspective. In Anthem, you are punished if you are any different than the others. For instance, Equality 7-2521 was assigned the role of a street sweeper when he had the potential to be a scholar. Today, peer pressure takes complete control and disallows people to think independently. People get carried away with trying to be like everyone else, which creates an unhealthy environment. It is unacceptable for any member of a group to socialize with amember outside of their group. Equality demonstrates this in the novel when he states, “For men are forbidden to take notice of women, and women are forbidden to take notice of men.” (Page
Although Bradbury’s technology is far more advanced than current culture, individuals easily chose watching television rather than reading books. From the minute a child is born, he/she is taught from a screen rather than actual pages. Substitutes for books, such as video games and interactive television shows, are able to teach kids anything from the alphabet to an entirely different language. The imagination of a child’s mind is being completely removed with the help of advanced technology. They are moving further from art and drawing closer to the internet and social media. People no longer want to use energy; instead, they chose to carry out activities that require less effort. These qualities resemble the characters in Bradbury’s novel. The citizens of the dystopian society spend the majority of their time watching parlor screens. This is an example of mindless entertainment which requires a person to be less personable and less capable of independent thought. Mildred was completely reliant on these parlor walls as she states, "It 's really fun. It 'll be even more fun when we can afford to have the fourth wall installed. How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall-TV put in? It 's only two thousand dollars." Bradbury imagined people spending less time reading, thinking and even interacting with one another. Mildred is an …show more content…
These occupations were roles in society such as teachers, doctors, and street sweepers. Today, especially in schools, groups are often developed as a result of whom an individual talks to. According to teens.lovetoknow.com, cliques not only last for high school, but carry on throughout a person’s life especially in the workplace. It is frowned upon when a person looks or acts differently than everyone else. It is wrong to express individuality in either society’s perspective. In Anthem, you are punished if you are any different than the others. For instance, Equality 7-2521 was assigned the role of a street sweeper when he had the potential to be a scholar. Today, peer pressure takes complete control and disallows people to think independently. People get carried away with trying to be like everyone else, which creates an unhealthy environment. It is unacceptable for any member of a group to socialize with amember outside of their group. Equality demonstrates this in the novel when he states, “For men are forbidden to take notice of women, and women are forbidden to take notice of men.” (Page