Yes DDD is a bra size, but is not the topic of this paper. On average, “Americans spend eleven hours a day using electronic media” (Petronzio 2). Even though there are search engines on the internet, the government will censor a good portion of what can be seen. For example, “North Korea, [the most censored country in the world], censors all websites and only four percent of the population has internet” (Today 3). In Fahrenheit 451’s society, the government uses technology as a distraction. Technology keeps people busy and preoccupied from the occurrences around them. The society Bradbury creates in Fahrenheit 451 follows the Triple D proposal: Distraction, Dehumanization, Despotism. The abundance and excessive prominence of technology, particularly
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Millie in fact attempts suicide in the beginning of Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury reflects on the unhappiness of Mildred, “And he thought of her lying on the bed with the two technicians standing straight over her, not bent with concern, but only standing straight, arms folded. And he remembered thinking then that if she died, he was certain he wouldn’t cry” (Bradbury 1). Montag is going through an internal struggle as he feels concern, but no love for the woman he married. Her lack of communication with him slowly drove a divide between them. One thing Montag could not stand was the fact that she always had her seashells in her ears. He felt he could never talk to Millie and that she was protecting herself from having to think. Millie was a vessel of the society who willingly took on the cookie cutter blissfully ignorant way of life. Even with the programs aired to the citizens, Millie still tried to commit suicide because she was dreadfully …show more content…
The political despot encourages the belief that books are not real, but in fact completely fabricated. A common thought in the society, “The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are” (Bradbury 1). The excerpt reveals the kind of reasoning that is imposed onto the residents. A similar theme occurred in America in the early 1800s, the African American slaves. The slaves were beaten for trying to learn the alphabet or how to read. This was because in order to keep a population under control, they had to be kept ignorant. If a townsman was caught with a book he would be arrested and put to death at the hands of the mechanical
Millie in fact attempts suicide in the beginning of Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury reflects on the unhappiness of Mildred, “And he thought of her lying on the bed with the two technicians standing straight over her, not bent with concern, but only standing straight, arms folded. And he remembered thinking then that if she died, he was certain he wouldn’t cry” (Bradbury 1). Montag is going through an internal struggle as he feels concern, but no love for the woman he married. Her lack of communication with him slowly drove a divide between them. One thing Montag could not stand was the fact that she always had her seashells in her ears. He felt he could never talk to Millie and that she was protecting herself from having to think. Millie was a vessel of the society who willingly took on the cookie cutter blissfully ignorant way of life. Even with the programs aired to the citizens, Millie still tried to commit suicide because she was dreadfully …show more content…
The political despot encourages the belief that books are not real, but in fact completely fabricated. A common thought in the society, “The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are” (Bradbury 1). The excerpt reveals the kind of reasoning that is imposed onto the residents. A similar theme occurred in America in the early 1800s, the African American slaves. The slaves were beaten for trying to learn the alphabet or how to read. This was because in order to keep a population under control, they had to be kept ignorant. If a townsman was caught with a book he would be arrested and put to death at the hands of the mechanical