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Role Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451

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Technology has been a major factor in both the lives of the civilians in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 and the lives of all citizens in the current time. The main difference between the lives of the civilians in the novel and the lives of the current time, is the use and purpose of technology. Technology in their world has both helped the people complete simple task and has also, lead to their demise, and this has shown throughout the novel. The many ways it has appeared in the novel mainly consisted of the government abuse of technology, and using it to restrict social contact and also, to protect the citizens, but to a dangerous level were their individual rights are challenged, and finally the misuse of technology from the civilians of this world themselves. …show more content…

For example, In the novel Mildred used the parlor walls as an excuse for social interaction. One quote from the novel “ They mailed me … they all look at me and I say the lines” (20). This explains how Mildred is using the parlor walls as ways to prevent interaction from reality in the novel. Another example of Mildred using the parlors walls as a form of social interaction was, when she had gathered all her friends from the neighborhood and discussed the many shows on the walls.The quote “Did you see that Clara … it was about this woman who” (95). This shows that the people of the novel have lacked a source of conversation and have relied solely their conversational topics from the parlor instead of realizing the tragedy of their

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