A Tale of Two Societies “In order for someone to be transported into the future and die from the level of shock they’d experience, they have to go enough years ahead that a “die level of progress,” or a Die Progress Unit (DPU) has been achieved. The post-Industrial Revolution world has moved so quickly that a 1750 person only needs to go forward a couple hundred years for a DPU to have happened”(Urban). Over the course of history, society has been continuously evolving rapidly. Every year, high-tech devices and gadgets are developed and sold to millions of people around the world. However, as more of these new technological advancements are equipped to humans, fewer people are spending their time to read and reflect their ideas and opinions
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News channels, such as CNN, BBC, NBC, CNA, and other abundant broadcasting stations, have recently become popular and prominent in the lives of many individuals. Often, such channels will report imperative information on political and world issues that, in return, not only alter people’s perspective, but also shape it. Human beings “too often accept the information provided by the media to be factual and true rather than as it really is – an entertaining 15 second clip of an issue or event through a reporter’s or news channel’s bias perspective, created to best capture and maintain the attention of its audience”(Guiboa). Consequently, humans have unceasingly made misjudgments and decisions by the guidance of media. For instance, many Muslims in the world after 9/11 suffered the hatred and revulsion from different societies because Al-Qaida was the terrorist group responsible for the destruction of the World Trade Center. Despite the fact that all Al-Qaida members were Muslims, the media repeatedly displayed photographs of extremists as Muslims; later, these images became ingrained into the minds of many people, shaping their perspectives of Muslims. Similarly, in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the media had a strong impact on the townspeople because the media distorted the escape of Guy Montag. When Montag fled successfully from the government, someone else was used as a scapegoat in place for Montag. “The innocent man stood bewildered…the camera fell upon the victim as the Hound….an announcer on the dark screen said, “The search is over, Montag is dead; a crime against society has been avenged”(Bradbury 142). “They didn’t show the man’s face in focus. Did you notice? Even your best friends couldn’t tell if it was you. They scrambled it just enough to let the imagination take
News channels, such as CNN, BBC, NBC, CNA, and other abundant broadcasting stations, have recently become popular and prominent in the lives of many individuals. Often, such channels will report imperative information on political and world issues that, in return, not only alter people’s perspective, but also shape it. Human beings “too often accept the information provided by the media to be factual and true rather than as it really is – an entertaining 15 second clip of an issue or event through a reporter’s or news channel’s bias perspective, created to best capture and maintain the attention of its audience”(Guiboa). Consequently, humans have unceasingly made misjudgments and decisions by the guidance of media. For instance, many Muslims in the world after 9/11 suffered the hatred and revulsion from different societies because Al-Qaida was the terrorist group responsible for the destruction of the World Trade Center. Despite the fact that all Al-Qaida members were Muslims, the media repeatedly displayed photographs of extremists as Muslims; later, these images became ingrained into the minds of many people, shaping their perspectives of Muslims. Similarly, in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the media had a strong impact on the townspeople because the media distorted the escape of Guy Montag. When Montag fled successfully from the government, someone else was used as a scapegoat in place for Montag. “The innocent man stood bewildered…the camera fell upon the victim as the Hound….an announcer on the dark screen said, “The search is over, Montag is dead; a crime against society has been avenged”(Bradbury 142). “They didn’t show the man’s face in focus. Did you notice? Even your best friends couldn’t tell if it was you. They scrambled it just enough to let the imagination take