The Future Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451

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Every beginning has an end and every end as a beginning. As fire was discovered long ago, it was changed into an engine power, and after a thousand years of evolution and knowledge obtained and another millennia later, it has transformed this energy to help a rocket that landed on the moon. Later on, technology evolve into a small comprised advanced system that was given purpose when made or discovered. We as a society have always seem to upgrade our living style, for better or for worse. When we see technology today, it has it been, so far, used for communication, entertainment, medical advancement, and on weapons. Fahrenheit 451 tells a story in the era of the 24th century where in the future the technology has advanced and made life easier for the people living in that era. The views of the future on future in the book Fahrenheit 451 are contradicting, although there are some similarities in Ray Bradbury’s technology.. Ray Bradbury 's predictions on the future of technology …show more content…
As Montag enters his home imagining his wife on the bed with seashells in her ears listening to the Sea music and talk although she has never really experienced much of it (Fahrenheit 10). It has has become apparent that in this world that all you need to do in order to know what 's happening outside is to listen to the radio living in your ear. As Montag goes in search of Faber he is given a small communication device, at first glance it resembles a Seashell Radio which is used to inform the news for today but it’s not, so it’s given to Montag so it can be placed in each other 's ear so that they both can communicate with each other in times of need (Fahrenheit 87).This kind of communication isn’t like the seashell radio, because it’s more of a phone then an upload up information. This is when Montag actually has a friend to talk to and ask for

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