Mechanical Hound Technology

An example of technology going awry in Fahrenheit 451 is the dystopian society’s use of the Mechanical Hound, or “The Hound”. The Hound is a bringer of peril in the form of a robotic canine, savagely punishing those who go against modern ideals, such as the reading and hoarding of books, by injecting them with lethal toxins. It quite obviously has exceptional technology going for it, as it stores "so many amino acids, so much sulphur, so much butterfat and alkaline", which makes it capable of tracking up to ten thousand victims to their inevitable demise. Dogs originally were companions to firefighters, being used to sniff out the weak or injured, but have proved themselves to be quite the opposite in the present Fahrenheit 451 society. Montag

In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 describes Mildred with the utilization of metaphors and imagery to characterize Mildred as hypnotized by technology.

Technology causes dehumanization; this is especially evident in Mildred's operator. He feels nothing for Mildred; he does not care about her well-being, and he does not care how Montag feels: "…'Leave that stuff in the blood and the blood hits the brain like a mallet, bang, a couple thousand times and the brain just gives up, just quits.' ' Stop it!' Said Montag." (Bradbury 12).

Over viewing Montag’s society, you instantly learn that technology is a big part of his world and something the community cannot live without. Technology belongs to the rich and to the homeless. Technology lives with you at home and leaves with you to work. On page 21–22, the book states, “The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse.“ First off, there is absolutely no such thing as a Mechanical Hound in our society being used by the firemen. But in Montag’s, the Hound is being used to find criminals or illegal things such as books. The Mechanical Hound is a big useful tool to their jobs and would not work without the technology behind it. In addition with the topic technology, in Fahrenheit 451, all the poor, homeless, and criminals are keeping up with all the latest news 24/7. On page 141, the text states, “Granger nodded to a portable battery TV set by the fire.“ You could be on the run away and still have a portable TV to keep track with news going on. The government in Montag’s society wants to control your mind by controlling what you watch. Their government could also put up fake news or broadcasts just to keep the citizens happy, but little did they know they could be in danger.

When technology is overused, social interaction can be hindered and an obsession may be formed. Montag’s, wife Mildred, develops a relationship with technology that ultimately affects her both mentally and socially. Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury describes various pieces of technology. The first electronic device the reader encounters is the seashell radio, which are tiny radios similar to ear buds. Mildred wears them frequently, so often, that she even wears them to bed. “There had been no night in the last two years that Mildred had not swum that sea.”(pg 10). This quote used to describe Mildred's relationship with the seashell radio conveys how much technology has influenced her.

Technology is increasing rather quickly, it is also becoming very important in our society. People will freak if they don't have their phones. Because they put all their information into them and trust them. Its increasing so fast that almost anyone you see has a smartphone. There are new versions of phones, new tablets, new TVs. People find that their phones or tv is more important than other people. Such as in Fahrenheit 451 on page 48 and 49 when Montag asks Mildred “will you turn the parlor off?” and she responded, “ I’ll turn it down.” But she didn't even end up doing that she just walked into the other room and came back. This shows that technology means more to her than her ill husband. It is becoming such a big thing that to some people its a life necessity.

Once individuals are exposed to the new latest gadget, they forget about the real importance of living. Mildred keeps wanting more and more

Today, teens are spending one third of their day using technology according to a new study released by Common Sense Media. That is a whole nine hours spent mindlessly surfing the web or watching cat videos. In the science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury writes a social commentary on what the future may look like if technology continues to be overused. In his dystopia, all books are banned and the government controls almost every aspect of people’s lives by brainwashing them with technology. Firemen burn down people’s houses who have books, Guy Montag being one of them. Slowly, Montag starts to question his society and steal books, to the dismay of his technology obsessed wife, Mildred. Bradbury uses Mildred as a symbol of societal corruption to highlight the dangers of excessively using technology.

(Watt 41). Bradbury reinforces this contrast by causing Mildred to relate only to the subject of herself, while Clarisse's favorite subject is other people. When Montag meets the Mechanical Hound, he discovers that it is a "dead beast, [a] living beast" (Bradbury 24). Donald Watt describes it as a "striking and sinister gadget" and it "is most terrifying for being both alive and not alive" (41; Huntington 113). The Hound becomes "Montag's particular mechanical enemy…[and it] becomes more suspicious of him" as time passes and Montag develops a greater freedom from his society (Johnson 112). Thus, Montag is thrust into the realization that his culture is not flawless, but instead is rife with abuses of human freedoms.

From the mechanical hound to the giant TV’s in the wall, technology in Fahrenheit 451 has proven to have a large impact on their society. However, interactions between Montag, his wife, and his wife’s friends emphasize the awkward interactions. Jennifer Alsip complains about her daughter ruining dinner time. Jennifer is infuriated that her daughter’s phone keeps ringing during dinner time and she always has the need to check it immediately (Wallace). The one technology that she bought for her daughter is creating havoc in her house. Although technology has become more relevant in today’s society with computer science innovations and social media, the effects include people becoming socially inept.

In Fahrenheit 451 the author, Ray Bradbury, tries to make us think throughout his book about problems that could make the world a very terrible place in the future if people do not try to change things. One of the most significant issues that Bradbury talks about in his book is the fact that technology can become very dangerous if not used properly. In Fahrenheit 451, people are watching the TV walls all the time and, because of them, people stop communicating with each other. A moment in the book when technology is used in a bad way is when we learn that cars are made for going fast and that anyone would run over anything with their cars and kill it. In this society people take their cars which are called beetles and they “hit rabbits, sometimes hit dogs” (Bradbury 61) as if it is completely normal to kill animals. In the society of the book Fahrenheit 451, technology has completely taken away the meaning of family and people’s conviviality.

Our modern day society and its trends are represented by the behavior of Montag’s society. Although it was written in the 1950s, there are distinct characteristics of the society and its citizens which have a connection to our society today. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, he accurately described the characteristics of our society and the potential dangers of one’s ignorance. Montag’s society consists of citizens who repeatedly oppress themselves by refusing to understand the value of knowledge. Bradbury is warning us to remember the important matters, and set aside the insignificant possessions. Fahrenheit 451 accurately predicted the modern day trends of the constant abuse of technology, the significant impact that technology has on unsteady

Most often, people can be seen walking with their heads down, immersed in the technology in front of them, ignoring the whole world. Societies often contain a lot of technology, allowing people to use it in helpful or hurtful ways. Some technology can be lifesaving, but there is also technology that can destroy life in less than a second. Most often, people seem to not understand what technology is doing and how it is impacting their lives. Instead, they are blinded by the few positives of technology that actually hurt the society more than they can recognize. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the society is heavily dependent on technology. Technology has a negative impact on the characters in Fahrenheit 451. People in the society become addicted to the parlor walls, cars go so fast that they don’t see anything outside and the mechanical hound instills fear in people.

Reliance on technology caused the society to give credence to the fact that their state of mind and safety is directly related to the time they spent with a screen. Mildred, Montag’s wife, portrays this addiction by using technology as the answer to a minor complication. As the story develops, it becomes evident that she never has a solution that doesn’t involve using a device. In response to a woman crying, Mildred exclaims, “‘Come on now, let’s be cheery, you turn the “family” on, now. Go ahead,” and then proceeds to say “laugh and be happy, now, stop crying, [have] a party’” (97). When Mrs. Bowles starts to get angry, Mildred acts considerably

Technology is on the rise which has changed people’s lives. Today’s technology a positive improvement which has grown over the past years. Today everyone uses technology, from old to new. Both Ernest Cline and Ray Bradbury present worlds that are run by technology.The technology in ready player one and Fahrenheit 451 is both bad and good. Fahrenheit 451 is all about a fireman called Guy Montag who does the opposite of what fireman do, starting fires instead of putting them out. The society in Fahrenheit 451 is forbidden from reading books.People spend their time watching big TVs, radios.Montag’s wife Mildred spends her time watching and is addicted to sleeping pills.Montag starts to questions what he does and the reason why books are