Fahrenheit 451 Media Analysis

Imagine a world where you aren’t allowed to read. Some people may think that this doesn’t really hurt them, but it does. Not physically, but mentally and emotionally. Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, is a book about a dystopian society where books are banned. A dystopia is an imaginary futuristic world in which society lives under the oppression and control of a totalitarian government, a repressive society, a force ot tech, or a corrupt business corporation. The book focuses on the life of Guy Montag, a fireman, whose job is to burn books. His wife, Mildred, is obsessed with technology and doesn’t have enough attention span to have an actual conversation. His only friend is Faber, a retired college professor. Although it is subtle, Bradbury warns us of the domino effect media has on freedom of thought and relationships,then how relationships affect happiness. The media influences people by not allowing them to think for themselves because it bombards us to the point where we have no space to think. Faber explains to Montag about leisure and how it
In the night, Montag looks at his wife and she has seashells in her ears listening to life outside her. “ Wasn’t there an old joke about about the wife who talked so much on the telephone that her desperate husband ran out… telephoned her to ask what was for dinner? Well then why didn’t he buy himself an audio seashell broadcasting station and talk to his wife late at night, murmur, whisper, shout, scream, yell(Bradbury,39).” Montag begins to think of how he would conversate with his wife when all she does is listen to her seashells and not him. Montag feels neglected by his wife and to get her to like him he must become like her, obsessed with technology. Mildred's obsession with technology has damaged Montag and her’s relationship. Media can affect human relationships but when you find a meaningful one it can have a positive