Examples Of Alienation In Fahrenheit 451

Everybody feels like they're alone sometimes. Alienation and lack of human connection were large themes in Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451”. The characters of the book feel detached and numb. The technology in the story disconnects the people from each other, taking away their relationships and love. This is similar to our society by giving an example of the extremes of technology, furthering the feeling of isolation.

For example, the story begins where Montag feels very little, before he meets Clarise he never explores his emotions. He knows what his society tells him: his job is good, he is living a good life, he has a good marriage, and that is what he knows. When Clarise asks him for the first time if he is happy his self awareness takes a turn and he feels hollow. He realizes that he doesn't remember how he met his wife and he feels distant from her for the rest of the book causing tension. He asks Mildrid when or where they met one night and she responds with confusion and indifference. She

For example, Mildred has an unhealthy view of the characters in her televisions, talking about them like her family and spending all day interacting with the three screens she has set up on the walls of her living room. She interacts with them and loves them more than anything else but they are simply characters. Montag sees this and is disturbed by her attachment, when she asks if they can have another screen installed he replies by telling her they just had the third one put up just two months ago. Technology turned people into non verbal people with little to no opinions of their own. Another example of this is when Clarisse is called anti-social for enjoying conversation and nature. This shows how normal it is for people to interact very little with one another and how when a character is talkative and social it is seen as strange and