Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury - 2277 Words

Imagine a society completely run by technology—robotic workers, home theatres, supreme medical care. Despite the benefits technology could provide, its flaws are masked away by the glossy image created by the media. Fahrenheit 451 focuses on a dystopian society, taken place in the future, where technology is deeply engraved into the people’s lifestyle. With technology playing a major role in their lives, the people are isolated from their world as they are not exposed to many aspects of being human—knowledge, independence, emotion. Montag, the protagonist, soon realizes the missing elements of life, being human, due to the heavy uses of technology, and begins finding solutions in books. Ray Bradbury composed the novel in 1953, and was†¦show more content†¦This combination causes the people to not â€Å"...talk about anything...they all say the same things and nobody says anything different from anyone else’ † (Bradbury 28). As technology pl ays a major role in their life, socializing and interacting with others is no longer valued and forgotten—causing the people to become recluded. Similarly, this is reflected in our society as technology is advancing, and people are becoming infatuated with their devices. Often times, â€Å"the kids are all hanging out, but instead of looking at each other, they are staring at their phones† (Los Angeles Times). With technology being at reach, and the current popularity of online social media, people are finding shortcuts and alternative ways to interact with others virtually instead of physical interaction. Although this idea seems innovative, it damages our society’s social structure as people are not being exposed to social skills—thus, creating a socially corrupted community. Not only is technology impacting human interaction, but the people’s mentality as well. Mildred, from Fahrenheit 451, believes that â€Å" ‘books aren t real people. You read and I look around, but there isn t anybody...My ‘family’, is people. They tell me things; I laugh, they laugh’ † (Bradbury 69). Mildred is infamous for being obsessed with her parlor walls—televisions integrated walls—and often refers to her ‘parlor family’ as her biological family.