Similarities Between The Veldt And Fahrenheit 451
The writer Ray Bradbury is recognized for predicting the future of technology and humans. Writing stories in the 1950’s, this author was way ahead of his time dealing with many electronics that are common today. The characters in Ray Bradbury’s stories reveal Bradbury’s unforgiving idea of technical logical advancements pulling families apart and the over dependency of society on technology.
Through the stories, “The Veldt” and Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury describes how the familes’ relationships with each other are neglected due to the distractions of technology. In Fahrenheit 451 the author reveals how Guy Montag and his wife fail to interact because “She had both ears plugged with electronic bees… She looked at him and nodded,” (16) which displays …show more content…
it repeated the date three times for memory's sake" to show the house's role in the family's everyday life(1). The house announces the date every day and repeats it because humans can't even memorize things for themselves because technology has done everything for them. They have always relied on technology rather than themselves. Furthermore, this story reveals more evidence such as "the dog… Now going to bone… It's sniffled the air and scratch the kitchen door” to show society's over dependence on technology (2). The dog has come to the house in search of food, it's so used to being handed everything that the natural instinct of hunting has completely vanished. This is used to represent humans' over dependency on technology that they have a lost their human nature to fend for themselves. moreover, in Fahrenheit 451 the story reads "drivers don’t know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly" to show that humans have forgotten what the natural world is like(9). Humans act this way because society has enforced the idea of technology consuming the mind. The over dependency of technology has made humans lose what made them great like being able to communicate and fight for what they believe in, humans just care about being entertained and having everything handed to them without working for it. Over all, over dependency of technology and technology pulling families apart is stressed in many of Bradbury's
Through the stories, “The Veldt” and Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury describes how the familes’ relationships with each other are neglected due to the distractions of technology. In Fahrenheit 451 the author reveals how Guy Montag and his wife fail to interact because “She had both ears plugged with electronic bees… She looked at him and nodded,” (16) which displays …show more content…
it repeated the date three times for memory's sake" to show the house's role in the family's everyday life(1). The house announces the date every day and repeats it because humans can't even memorize things for themselves because technology has done everything for them. They have always relied on technology rather than themselves. Furthermore, this story reveals more evidence such as "the dog… Now going to bone… It's sniffled the air and scratch the kitchen door” to show society's over dependence on technology (2). The dog has come to the house in search of food, it's so used to being handed everything that the natural instinct of hunting has completely vanished. This is used to represent humans' over dependency on technology that they have a lost their human nature to fend for themselves. moreover, in Fahrenheit 451 the story reads "drivers don’t know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly" to show that humans have forgotten what the natural world is like(9). Humans act this way because society has enforced the idea of technology consuming the mind. The over dependency of technology has made humans lose what made them great like being able to communicate and fight for what they believe in, humans just care about being entertained and having everything handed to them without working for it. Over all, over dependency of technology and technology pulling families apart is stressed in many of Bradbury's