Creativity In Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

“Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are,” acclaimed by John W. Gardner. In Fahrenheit 451, a novel by Ray Bradbury, society has become obsessed with technology enough that everyone but a selected few has lost the meaning in life. With that stated, many strive for adrenaline that can, and will be if it comes down to it, only be achieved through suicidal actions. This is much like today’s society, where adults and minorities are driving their attention to technology rather than socializing with a few friends at a park. Life, in the eyes of Bradbury, is meant to develop an individuality that makes a person stand out from another while having different outlets to disperse creativity along the way. As seen
In Fahrenheit 451, people like Mildred take sleeping pills to help themselves sleep or to commit suicide. In today’s society, people do the exact actions that are written in the book, with the exception of their medical protocols. For example, when someone overdoses in pills in the real world, the humane thing to do would be to call 911 and have the paramedics show up with their medical gear to help recover the patient at hand. However, since suicide is such a normal thing that happens in Montag’s community, all that shows up is two guys with a stomach pump and presto, the overdosed human is back to being a dull lived, uniformed slave to everyday life. Also, the cause of the suicide rate going up is due to the lack of creativity and the up rise in technology which can potentially happen to the real world. People in both worlds, develop these different feelings but are only allowed to express certain ones in selective situations, so they end up having bottled up emotions that never escape their minds. This type of mentality results in the depressive and suicide rates in the two worlds to infinitely increase. As profoundly said by John, society changes whether it weakens or strengthens by the people who are in it. In Fahrenheit 451, people weaken their society due to the lack in the creative literature department. Similar to Bradbury’s predictions, our society is weakened because all the main focus is own technology and innovation rather than socializing with a friend or reading a new story. Also, both societies suffer from the increase of suicide amongst its populace and loss of meaning in life as newer generations emerge. Overall, Bradbury’s and modern day’s societies are highly alike to one