Farenheit 451 and Today's Society, an Analogy

Imagine life without being dependent on technology. People wouldn't be so focused on their phone and instead, would be focused on living, and doing all this fun things you could do if you wanted to. When you’re focused on your electronics, time flies by really fast and you aren't doing anything. If our society actually talked to people instead of texting, we could express our feelings more easily, but in text you could say “Lol”, and not really be laughing. Our society vs Fahrenheit 451 is the same because people always are focused on their electronics and are lifeless or “dead”.

“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.

After taking Honors Written and Oral Communication freshman year I have changed as a communicator. I have grown in many areas as a writer and speaker; however, I have also have skills that need improvement. From the Fahrenheit 451 essay to the six-word memoir, my writing capabilities and experience has changed. I have sincerely grown in certain areas whereas I have also fell short in other areas.

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.

In the book Fahrenheit 451, author Ray Bradbury describes a futuristic society in which it is normal for an average individual to shun and absolutely loathe books. The main character, Guy Montag, works as a fireman, and his job description consists of burning books instead of preventing fires. Television is a major topic in this book, and for the most part, is portrayed as an extremely obsessive and deleterious item. Today, in American society however, television is a much more positive thing, and has a lot to contribute to a healthy, connected, and well informed society.

Have you ever not wanted to read a book but have to read it for a class assignment well Fahrenheit 451 is a good example of what happens when you don't read. Fahrenheit 451 is a valuable piece of literature because it can tell you what happens when people don't read books like we don’t. It may be what the world will look like in 20 years. It can make people want to read more.

1984 and Fahrenheit 451 are both novels telling us of a possible scenario for the development of the world with no place for a sense of personal identity. This world is filled with dystopia, decadence, crisis of morality, loneliness. The main characters in both books are men with their own fears, suspicions and temptations. Each of them has a woman who stimulate their conflict of interest. Their professional duties oblige them to support ruling elites and fight against human rights. While Guy Montag, after a conversation with Clarisse, suddenly feels the need for spirituality, and finds its expression in books, Winston is so burdened by the pressure of the system, so constrained that the formula 2 + 2 = 4 becomes a desired but inaccessible dream and a certain symbol of freedom.

Books were invented many years ago and have a big impact on our society we live in today. Many religions follow the text from books and used it today as a guide in the way they live. Imagine every single book and research topic were to be abolished and you had no knowledge of William Shakespeare, Leo Tolstoy, and the holy bible. All you know is what you're told by the government. Ray Bradbury's establish a profound system in which people are not allowed to read books to people to question the world around them and think for themselves. Montag is a proud fireman who obtains pleasure from burning books, but he slowly starts to question the reason why he does it.

Science fiction is fiction is fiction, but Ray Bradbury has paralleled Fahrenheit 451’s society, a society based of 500 years in the future. Our society parallels the book 60 years after the book was written. The accuracy of his predictions are unsettling. In Fahrenheit 451 the way parenting, entertainment and the sacredness of life are completely different from the 1950’s, but as time goes on the more and more the book and society are alike.

The world today has lost touch from nature because of being too distracted by technology. The amount of hours an average person spends using technology everyday is growing and growing. In the book, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the characters in this novel show what the world can become with the overuse of technology. The overwhelming use of cellphones, tablets, and televisions in this book has led to many problems, although people may consider technology a major advancement to the future. However, the criticism from Fahrenheit 451 that would make the largest impact on the world today if used correctly is by not using or relying on technology because it creates loneliness and too much control over the people.

Imagine living in a society where the whole world of literature has been completely turned upside down. Books are now being burned in attempt to stop the characteristic we know as individuality and a dystopian society seeks to control the population by eliminating individual desires, thoughts and passions. The novel Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury explores the idea of a dystopian society that burns books to eliminate individuality and specific opinions between all persons. The protagonist of the novel, Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books as a profession. In Montag’s journey throughout the story, his opinion on burning books changes drastically from thinking books are pointless and destructive to thinking books are now

Several different aspects of society in Fahrenheit 451 is that firemen actually start the fires rather than putting the fires out. Also in the book Fahrenheit 451, books are not allowed. Usually they would watch television instead of reading books. Being different in Fahrenheit 451 is considered dangerous, so everyone needs to be exactly the same. It also feels like everyone in Fahrenheit 451 are disconnected from their emotions, thoughts and feelings. In the society we live in today, firemen actually put out fires instead of igniting the fire. Also, we are allowed to read books in today’s society. Everybody is different in their own ways and can follow their own path in life.

states that “his main interest today was to uphold the Southern Way of Life and no niggers and no Supreme Court was going to tell him or anybody else what to do … a race as hammer headed as … essential inferiority … kinky wooly heads … still in the trees … greasy smelly … marry your daughters … mongrelize the races … mongrelize …. mongrelize” (Lee ?). Jean-Louise becomes physically sickened, unable to grasp how those dearest to her could associate themselves with people who spew such filth, vulgarity, and an openly biased hatred towards others. It is unfathomable how Henry and her father, especially her father, could have adopted such views in the short while that she was away. However, as she sees how widespread these feelings are, and the countless people

One of the many ways our world is similar to the dystopian world of Fahrenheit 451 is in the way technology affects our relationships. Technology, especially for younger people,

Technology has more negative effects on today’s society than positive. Due to technology in the past few decades Canine Shock Collars have been increasingly popular. Students in school pay more attention to texting than they do their classes. Violent addictive video games have made their way into American homes. Parents encourage their children to not text as much, but them to face the problem of constant communication. The Internet gives the students easier ways to cheat in school, and reinforces laziness. Internet Porn gives every bored male a chance to look at the seediest film in the comfort of his own home. Technology has taken the innocence and mystery away from the American family.