Fahrenheit 451, a novel written by Ray Bradbury, illustrates the absence of feelings such as remorse and happiness, which when taken away creates a lack of authenticity in humans; those living in the dystopian society of Fahrenheit 451 believe that they are living an authentic life in front of screens unable to express emotions towards others and process their surroundings, as most of the city lives like this, there are others like Clarisse, who has been living a life of teachings, and emotions. The lack of feelings such as love, and happiness among others makes individuals lose their authenticity as humans. Mildred, one of the characters in the story lives a inauthentic life, living in front of screens and unable to process …show more content…
The people in the society do not have emotional moments that they could share or talk about, they don't have ideas, they do not know how to express themselves. People live killing eachother, they dont feel sad, even if they are killing their friends. They speed as they drive, killing the ones that get in their way. Clarisse expressed how she felt towards this events that are happening in the city, she said, ”I’m afraid of children my own age. They kill each other...six of my friends have been shot in the last year alone. Ten of them died in car wrecks.” (30) in this dystopian society sixteen yearold teen are killing each other. This teenagers do not feel remorse, sadness, they do not feel scared of killing each other because their their emotions have been taken away. As the story progressed, mildred gives montag the news that clarisse has been run over. They have no stop in what they do to others. While this part of society is harming each other, the other part live inside their houses ignoring the problems that are surrounding them.
Most of Fahrenheit 451’s dystopian society spend most of their time inside their houses controlled by technology unable to respond to their surroundings. Mildred, like others, lives inside her house in front of screens, they are unable to process what is going on around them, they live inside unable to socialize with others. In her house, mildred is not