Fahrenheit 451 Critical Analysis

In the book Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, the author predicts the future of today’s society. Bradbury predicted the future of today’s technology and societal issues. Some technology from the book that is similar to today is the small electronic earpieces that fit into peoples’ ears to communicate with people; nowadays, it exists and people call it Bluetooth. In addition, there was large flat screen televisions that were the size of a wall. Technology is part of the societal issues from the book, they are similar to today’s society because the people do not care about reading or gaining knowledge anymore, it’s all about television and technology. In addition, suicide is not taken care of or prevented properly It is almost as suicide is taken as a joke. Actually, there are many ways today’s society is similar to the book, society that Bradbury based in the future containing advanced technology and societal issues.

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.

Today’s society revolves around technology and we are constantly making advances in the field. With everyone singing technology’s praises, it's easy to skip over its faults. Ray Bradbury helps bring some of those to light in his book Fahrenheit 451. Many disadvantages of technology are exhibited in the story as the main character, Guy Montag, fights his was out of the cage that is Bradbury’s futuristic society. In this fictitious world, advanced technology has led to unsafe conditions, the creation of the ominous Mechanical Hound that has Montag on the run, and anti-socialness. Bradbury uses this book as a means of influencing society by showing readers the bad side of technology.

“The woman reached out with contempt to them all, and struck the kitchen match against the railing” (37). Montag and the other firemen report to a house that is suspected of harboring books. They are correct, and they find books in the attic of the home. The books belong to an old woman whose name is unknown to the readers, and she was devastated that the firemen were destroying her home and books. Ultimately she kills herself by setting fire to herself, her home, and the books. The very property and books in question that were about to be burned by Captain Beatty. She felt that books were so important in her life that she could not go on without them. Some people would feel that things to die for, like freedom, liberty, and their family would be more important, but this woman chose her books. It seems very clear to me that Ray Bradbury seems to be telling us, the readers, that there are things in life

In Fahrenheit 451, The Hearth and the Sledgehammer, Ray Bradbury writes of a fireman, Guy Montag, who is the fireman in charge of burning books. He wears a helmet with the numbers 451 engraved in it, which represents the temperature at which paper burns. His uniform, black with with a sledgehammer on the arm, which seems to really attract the ladies. After suspecting an abiding near by he decides to meet up with his new neighbor, Clarisse, instantaneously she becomes greatly intoxicated by the fact that he is a fireman and feels a slight attraction toward him. Clarisse's constant “flirting” with Montag causes him to slightly feel attracted to her. After meeting with his new neighbor Montag returns home only to find his wife, Mildred, doing exactly what she had been doing for the past two years, listening to the radio with her earphones.

The author of the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, tries to explain that technology is going to end up taking over books. Through Fahrenheit 451, Ray does an excellent job by showing the reader about how technology can take over people’s minds. This novel helps explain that the people became dependent on their technologies that they no longer found interest in books, and that it made them feel an emotion other than happiness. Reading this book, I noticed that multiple times, the author tried to show how technology took over. People in this society had no knowledge or common sense because of their dependance on technology.

Today’s society devotes excessive amounts of time toward using technology. It is estimated that children spend at least 75 hours on electronic media and that adults spend at least 77 hours. This obsession with technology was inferred long before smartphones were created. Although it was written in 1953, the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury envisions a future consumed by electronics akin to today’s society. Fahrenheit 451 mirrors the present society because it exhibits the misuse of technology, the influence that technology has on relationships, and the lust for eternal bliss.

When an author sits down to write a novel one of the most important questions is: "Where is the story going to take place?". This is because the land can have an effect on what happens in the story through culture, geography, or placement on the map. As stated in chapter nineteen of Thomas Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor, "The places of poems and fiction really matter. It isn't just the setting... it's a place and space and shape that bring us to ideas and psychology and history and dynamism." (Foster, 182). Placement and geography take a front seat in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury through country and city.

Throughout the story of Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury uses science fiction to convey his ideas of what a technologically advanced society holds in the future. Bradbury takes an approach of science fiction to show people of future technologies and how these could lead them to their destruction if they continue to neglect the past and become more absorbed with current and future technologies. Bradbury makes a very strong statement throughout the entire story about what the future holds if the past is forgotten and shows that there is a way to prevent future mistakes, but society has to look towards the past and remember their mistakes in order to do so.

It makes people think burn it; it is different burn it, but if it is fake and thinks for us keep it. These are the ideas expressed by Ray Bradbury in his novel Fahrenheit 451, where firemen burn books and tv is a person's "family." In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury suggests television can take away people's ability to think freely and express themselves. He uses symbolism, characterization, and dialogue to demonstrate people are controlled by fear and technology thinks for people. In Fahrenheit 451, fire destroys, technology thinks, and people do nothing but follow the directions.

What would society look like without technology? In the book Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, the book displays a society that is very dependent on technology. The technology is much more advanced than the technology of the time period this book was written in. In the novel, Bradbury warns the reader that technology will begin to replace human interaction. He uses his book as a way to predict what the future of technology might look like in the future. He predicted correctly because many of the electronics he included in his book are things that are used in current day society.

Generally, every person in the world has a daily routine. If a survey were to be given, some form of technology would be included in almost every single one. This is due to the advancement in technology which, in turn, has increased humanity’s dependence on it. In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, he creates a cautionary tale towards the dangers of human nature and technology through the characters’ dependency on technology, the destruction of books, and the violent nature taken on by the firemen when doing their job.

Throughout the novel, Fahrenheit 451, the author, Ray Bradbury, displays an abundance of trends which he believes will reflect accurately on society today. From the beginning to the end of this novel, there seems to be a lot of negative trends discussed about society. Although these vary, all of them are predictions for the future and how these types of concerns will be a big problem. Many of the trends are present today but there are a few which aren’t seen in current society. However, most of these are accurate and these include, the use and abuse of technology, the destruction of knowledge, and suicides.

In Fahrenheit 451, it exposes the relational voids that a world filled with technology will produce. In the early stages of the book Montag's wife, Mildred is constantly ignoring her husband. This is because of the technology interfering with their relationship. She needed the television more than her husband. Clarissa demonstrates the value of human relationships. She is an outsider in this society as she does not comply with the social norms, as she constantly engages herself in conversations and walks the streets as a pedestrian. The firemen in the novel and movie burn books because they offer alternative perspectives to your own. Books also hold knowledge and ideals that could possibly threaten the government. It's much easier to control

Imagine living in a world that disapproves of genuine human interactions, a world where technology is beloved and is regularly prioritized over one’s own family and friends. This seems almost unimaginable, but with the ever-growing presence of technology in modern day society, it may become a reality soon enough. In Ray Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451, he describes a fictional universe, but, in addition to this, he was also describing into what our potential future world may transform. The contents of his novel indicate that he had a realistic view of the world and wrote his story to forewarn of what might become of us. Not only insinuating that technology will take the place of various intimate interactions and that being social and partaking in real conversations with other living people will be considered unwonted and anomalous, he also implied that violence and wars will become routine and commonplace. He argued that violence and wars and ignoring each other for our electronics will become our fate if we do not recognize this and take action before it becomes too late.