The Importance Of Technology In Literature

The future is an interesting subject. Any little choice or action could change the future for the better or worse. In the stories “Harrison Bergeron”, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., and “By the Waters of Babylon”, by Stephen Vincent Benet, we read about two distinctly different futures affected by technology. Both have terrible outcomes but the difference is great and let me explain why.

Have you ever thought about what kind of technology we will have in the future? Or have you thought about how technology will affect us in the future? In the story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut and the story “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet both the futures with technology look pretty awful. In “Harrison Bergeron” anyone with special gifts or talents are forced to wear a handicap to make them like everyone else in society. In “By the Waters of Babylon” tells a story about how our technology is so advanced that if we went to war we would destroy everything we have and we would have to basically restart. In both books our technology in the future is way too strong and

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity” (Albert Einstein.) As humanity progresses, it seems that people use technology to disconnect themselves from reality. “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury showcases humankind’s obliviousness to the frightening shadow looming over it, technology. Throughout the story, it reinforces the idea that technology has its own issues. “Stuff your eyes with your wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories” (Ray Bradbury.) This short story reflects Ray Bradbury’s mindset outside of his writing and the quote sheds light on the author’s point of view. As the quote elaborates, nothing can beat

In today’s growing society, technology has brought many reforms to the way we operate on a daily basis. Most tend to consider the positive effects of technology, and how much it has benefited us both socially and in the workplace. However, there is a form of duality that comes with these developments; Despite the seemingly positive outcomes associated with the benefits of technology, there is also a lack of responsibility on our part that results. Hence, over time it has been increasingly difficult to draw the line between what is reasonable and what it simply too much when it comes to using technology. In Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” and “The Veldt”- two short stories depicting the status of such a technology dependent society

Technology is used in everyday life in today’s society. Because of this technology, however, people are becoming too reliant on it. In Fahrenheit 451, technology is everywhere. Many people in that society start to use it all the time. Technology in the society is negatively impacting the people. For example, people are dependent on the technology, overuse the technology, and technology is being used to manipulate them.

Have you ever wondered how how much our life have changed since technology modernized? Technology has advanced so much that it is present everywhere in our lives and there is almost no place on the globe where this important trend of the last two centuries has not entered. Technology has taken control of the world. This situation leads to the decline of the society, including human’s ability to think. The book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury provides the interaction of the protagonist, Guy Montag, in a particular way with the technology. Guy Montag is a fireman whose job is to to burn books. Fahrenheit 451 presents a world where, under the motto, “...the books says nothing” (Bradbury 51-63), people start burning them and bookless happiness is illustrated by the empty streets of the city, people could not detach for a moment from the screens that give the images of a perfect world. The science fiction film “Wall-E” (2008) is the story of the last robot on Earth, whose job is to clean up the trash left by hymans. Meanwhile, the planet had to leave the planet. As a consequence, the robots take the control of it. So, technology changes the ways in which people interact with each other that does not move humanity forward.

Day by day, innovators around the world are working toward making the lives of humans easier. They are doing everything in their power to make the world a better and safer place for its inhabitants. What they fail to do, is come to the realization that they are creating technology that could ultimately lead to our demise. Human innovation is surpassing humans itself, and one small mistake could end up costing life of the human race. In There Will Come Soft Rains, by Ray Bradbury, and By the Waters of Babylon, by Stephen Vincent Benét, the authors portray the plausible and maybe even inevitable future in which modern civilization is destroyed by its own creations.

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.

It is amazing how far this world has come in the world of technology. From the telephone, to the dishwasher, to the satellite, many inventions have been created to ease people’s daily lives. In The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton gives the audience an insightful view into the ways that humans try to solve problems through science and technological advancements. However, when people interfere, the consequences may lead to bigger problems and even the destruction of humanity. Crichton gives the audience a look into his perspective as a student of human nature during the times of the “race to space” on how dangerous human interference can be and how allowing nature to take its

In chapter six of Radical Evolution, author Joel Garreau shows through various interviews and examples that even though technology may be rising on an exponentially increasing Curve, humans may still be able to change the effects of technological advance in unpredictable ways. Deemed the Prevail scenario, it is also characterized by humans slowing down once-viewed inevitable change viewed as negative and speeding up positive change. Another great theme of the Prevail Scenario is its idea that technological advance will enable humans to acquire a better understanding of their society and nature. In addition to discussing the Prevail scenario, Garreau also discusses the possible change humans

There are many ways to read and get the main idea. Some people can understand their reading in any situations. There are different kinds of reading. It can help you read better or worst. Some people read better with printed text than on device. It’s because they can make any notes on the paper as they go along with the text and also highlight some important information and unfamiliar words. In this chapter it talk deeper about how the reader, writer, text, and medium can impact technology and rhetoric. There are four key elements of this chapter. They are reader, writer, text, and medium. Reader know what you are going to do and how you are going to upload it. What did your instructor say about the text? Do you have time to read actively or do you have test coming and you need to study for that. Reader have to do the best for her/him to understand the text. Writer have their own reason why they write.

In Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains,” the author reminds the reader how the technology advancement can be wondrous yet dangerous. He shows the world in the 2026, how it’s going to go on without the life of humans. As technology has been misused, it became the ultimate destruction of humans. People depended too much on technology and had faith to it.

“In the last 50 years, up to 100,000 Americans lost their lives due to inactivity leading to some sort of conditional disease such as heart disease [including the laziness within people of society]” (Wise 12). So many people have died from becoming lazy, doing nothing but go on their phones, devices, rather than doing everyday things. Technology has changed the way society approaches life, always depending on it rather than themselves and others. The society today consists of nothing but TV screens, telephone, smartphones, iPads, and items the 19th century would consider a dream to lay hands on. A book written by Bradbury presents lack of effort people put into their lives and society; Bradbury predicts how the future will become later on in the society. Becoming more similar to the laziness and ignorance in the novel, Fahrenheit 451, the society today struggles the society today struggles with dependency on technology which results to lack of social interactions with one another and failure in becoming literate with books.

To conclude, the choices that humans make with technology affect this Earth. It could either be a negative outcome like destruction or it could be positive and be a spark of a new hope. As this society continues with these old ways which have already exceeded our humanity, they are just creating more destruction. If humankind can change these ways, there could be hope for a fresh start, and a new beginning. All in all, let’s stop this technology from exceeding humanity and begin

Projections that have been made about how today’s society and culture will look in the coming years, decades, and centuries, all have yet to be seen in how valid they are. If you look in any sort of media: television, social media, or radio/music, you will see people giving their interpretations of what will become of our world down the road. Yet, few people look to see how our the current state of culture and society reflect the projections made by people in previous years, decades, and centuries. In looking at the visions of the future presented by both novelas, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, and The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, each story presents aspects of society that prominently appear today. Written during the Industrial Revolution, a time where technology and human innovation was at one of its highest points in recent history, both stories explore the possible effects of the machinery that was becoming evermore present. Both authors present aspects such as omnipotent technology, decaying human independence, and destruction of real communication, to create the artistic statement that complacency is rising within the human race, and that complacency will eventually lead to the fall of mankind. In both stories, the authors speak against human complacency and deference to technology, warning that it will lead to the creation of weaker people and society that will ultimately destroy the human race, yet that complacency is present in today’s culture and due to the