Fahrenheit 451 Technology Analysis

Understanding that fireman set fire instead of putting them out is difficult to comprehend. For instance, in Fahrenheit 451 setting fire to books is a dramatic interpretation which leads to dehumanization. Life of 1953 future was a society of deceit and lacked independence. It was a world without books to read. The author, Ray Bradbury, observed how technology has made people become less human and less capable of independent thought. It was also not normal for pedestrians to talk and have meaningful conversations. Guy Montag, “the fireman that turned sour”, meets Clarisse a curious, yet strange teenage girl that brightens his imagination to help him think and ponder about life. The phrase ,"Are you happy"(Bradbury 10) was the question that changes Montag's perspective on life and helps him to want to alter from book burning. Book burning could be beneficial for the good of technology, some may believe that technology helps with the advantage of medicine and education, however, it can destroy society's social life and how the world will become.

In the world of Fahrenheit 451, books are burned. Guy Montag is a fireman who starts fires rather than putting them out as fireman do in our society. People are not allowed to own books and Guy knows that “It’s against the law!" (Bradbury 8) The only books people are
The ear thimble is like a cell phone. Montag uses it to talk to his retire professor friend, Faber, and Faber can talk back to him on it. It rests in the ear and allows people to communicate with each other at long distance. The seashell ear is plugged into the ear and provides music to the listener. Montag’s wife Mildred uses the seashell ear when she is not watching T.V. Mildred is more connected to what she is watching or listening to than to other people, including her husband Guy Montag. These inventions interfere with her personal