Excessive Use Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451

People in the world today depend on technology to help them succeed through life. However, the rate of its use among young kids and teen customers is increasing at a rapid pace. The reason being is that they would rather text a class friend and use social media rather than meeting up with them. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the scenario is similar to the world today, because nobody communicates or connects with people personally, leaving them isolated and alone. Also, in the article called “Tasking Multitasking To Task”, by Mark Harris, he explains that technology is affecting the human mind to lack interest in social skills and hobbies. Harris’ claim that technology is corrupting our lives is correct because many people have lost their attention span for anything beyond a simple phrase.

Technology has had many positive and negative effects in both Fahrenheit 451 and the real world.

Technology is both a blessing and a curse. It can make the lives of people better or it can completely make everything inconvenient. Technology has gone from something that was once complex to something used on the daily. It, in fact, may be destroying and taking over society. This idea is proposed in both “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet and “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury, however, presents the most disturbing and cruel views on technology and society.

Technology affects the communication of people and their personal interaction. In the story Fahrenheit 451, Technology is a distraction for Mildred from talking to her husband Montag. Mildred is always distracted with the parlors and says that is her family than the real family. Montag tries to change with Mildred and shows her what he wanted to understand from the books that he was burning when he remembers of the lady that sacrifice herself for her books. In the Science fiction novel of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, it says that Technology is negatively affecting the personal interaction by causing losing thinking time, isolation, and distraction.

In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the society’s technology driven world leads the people to lose their own sense of curiosity. Without the ability to think, the people living in this society live in a mindless state, as a person with curiosity is able to start asking questions. Furthermore, the people’s minds are only focused on technology, which leads them to isolation from a real conversation that does not include senseless meaning. The people’s isolation withholds them from outside contact, leaving him or her with an impression of loneliness that they cannot seem to comprehend. Isolation prevents a person from growing and going through experiences that would make him or her feel more connected with the world. Yet, Montag comes out of

Technology can have many negative impressions on a person and a society. The book, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, shows us many example of this. Bradbury uses figurative language, characterization, and dialog to suggest the effects of technology.

In Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, the protagonist in the book, lives in a period of time where television is imperative while literature is on the verge of eradicating. Bradbury portrays a society where entertainment is not only a distraction, but it becomes a dominant aspect in the way individuals function in society. Furthermore, Montag’s ideal world is a world that sees a concept in books rather than television. We live in a world full of advanced technology, however there are drawbacks in the midst of the benefits. Fahrenheit 451 is an example that depicts the disadvantages that comes with the overuse of technology.

Do you think that living in a technical world would destroy society? Well, in Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451, technology is very advanced and seems to get people's attention. "You're not important. You're not anything" (Bradbury 163). Fahrenheit 451 is explained as a dystopian literature. Such literature portrays an imaginary world where misguided attempts to create a utopia, or a socially and politically perfect place, results in “large scale human misery." (Critique by Michael M. Levy) This quote makes you realize that technology is taking over humans and the world has to do something about it. By creating an “utopia”, Fahrenheit 451 requires the government to take away citizen’s rights and freedoms to create the perfect society.

Technology has secretly taken over society but no one will realize until it is too late. Fahrenheit 451 is a science fiction novel written by author, Ray Bradbury in 1953. The novel takes place in a futuristic, utopian society in which technology is exceptionally advanced and it completes almost all everyday actions for people. Fahrenheit 451 tells the story of the main protagonist, Montag who is a fireman in a society where books are illegal and the main job of firemen is to burn all books. Most people in society are slaves to technology and have become completely disconnected from society especially Montag’s wife, Mildred. In his novel, Bradbury proves through Mildred’s shallow actions that technology, although innovative, holds society

Ever see firefighter’s burn houses because it was their job? What about books being completely outlawed? In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury creates a futuristic, dystopian society, in where people are engulfed by an influx of technology. In this odd world, people are more concerned about technology than they are about people. In Fahrenheit 451, the book serves as a warning to us about the negative effects of the overuse of technology.

Imagine, living in a society where households containing books would be burned down, and technology was the only source of knowledge. In the book Fahrenheit 451, a fireman named Montag, with a job of burning down the houses containing books. Montag begins his rebellion against the government when a woman burns inside her house because she wanted to die with her books. Whereas everyone else such as Montag's wife Mildred and Mrs.Bowles, Mrs.Phelps, and Captain who are not able to think up thoughts of their own, due to the overuse of technology. However, further on in the story, Montag meets a bright curious girl named Clarisse who sees the negativity and wrong in their society, who decide to create a difference with the alarming uses of technology.

Technology has advanced to a point where instead of going and enjoying the outdoors most people would rather spend their time on their phones or playing on the computer. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 people live in a dystopian society and don't want to go outside because they are in constant need of something to entertain them. In the book if someone was interested in living life slow they were considered an outsider, ironically this is something more and more people are starting to believe. Technology has had positive effects on society with this positivity come some negativity such as, a increase in technology addiction, a decrease in time spent outside, and a decrease in quality sleep.

Technology, although beneficial, can prove to harm us if we use it too much. Technology serves us with entertainment, information, and services, but if we rely on it too much we can become seemingly lost of our humanity. This is essentially our goal of the course, as we studied several different aspects. Through our research, I found that I typically rely on my technology for 2 main things, school and entertainment. I found myself spending around 6 hours per day using my devices in total, including my cell phone, xbox, and television. This didn’t surprise me as I honestly expected to be on my devices more often. It should be noted that I conducted this research on a day in which I had to attend my internship, rendering myself tech-less for a portion of the day. If it were a normal day, I could likely expect myself on my technology a much larger portion, and this should be considered in the future. As technology grows to be more prevalent, we should grow more wary of it. We haven’t experienced a change so massive in our lives, as technology plays a role in nearly every aspect of our lives currently. Imagine life in 10 years, or even in 20 years when you read this. Times will change, technology evolves rapidly, and we need to be careful of how we embrace and implement these new devices into our lives.

Technology has come a long way in the last couple of decades. At some point it will be taken too far and society will be so far gone, it may not be possible to get back to where they once were. In Fahrenheit 451, iGen and the articles; How Technology has changed Education and Technology Trends: When Teens Turn to Social Media for Validation they demonstrated all the changes that have been made and the issues that have or have the possibility to arise. Technology has the potential to ruin society because individuals are clearly over dependent on technological devices and social media.

Steven Spielberg once said “Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we’re too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.” People used to read books before going to bed every night. In the book “Fahrenheit 451”, written by Ray Bradbury, books are not read anymore, they are actually illegal. People have technology that puts books on screens instead being read on paper. Many people tend to think that technology is helping society, but it is actually hurting society. Human beings today are glued to their televisions which proves that our society is nothing but a duplicate of Montag’s society. In the book, “Fahrenheit 451”, written by Ray Bradbury, Montag’s wife, Mildred, says “It’ll be even more fun when we can afford to have our fourth wall installed. How long you figure before we save up and get our fourth wall-TV put in? It’s only two thousand dollars” (20). She is saying that she wants the fourth screen no matter how much it costs or what she has to do to get it. Most of the people in this society think the same way that Mildred does. If we keep thinking like this, the our society will eventually wind up just like the society in Fahrenheit 451.