Firefighters In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

We live in a world very similar to the book Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, which is kind of scary to think about in retrospect. Guy Montag, the main character in Fahrenheit 451, is a firefighter, which means something totally different than what our society has as a firefighter. A firefighter in Montag’s society is someone who burns books because books are illegal. Books are illegal for many reasons, but our society is going towards Montag’s in many ways, good and bad. People become more careless, technology makes people lose touch with the world around them, and people become less intelligent. In Bradbury’s novel, books are illegal because they offend people, make people unhappy, and make people think. Guy Montag, who burns books,

This is impressive considering he wrote this in the 1950’s. He predicted huge tvs or projectors, earbuds, and extremely fast cars. People in Montag’s world watch tv so much they have families on tv with the shows they are watching (Bradbury 80). People today get attached to the characters and get upset if a character in their favorite show dies. Montag’s wife wants four wall tvs, which Montag thinks is crazy. When we look at our society the average house could have easily up to five TV’s depending on how many people live there. Bradbury also predicted earbuds with things he calls seashells in his book. People wear around seashells in Fahrenheit 451 like it is something they need. They talk to people with them in, sleep with them in, and drive with them in. People today are starting to wear headphones when they do activities too, like read, exercise, and chores around the house. Mildred was so used to having seashells in she could read lips extremely well (Bradbury 17). This also shows her lack of respect and caringness towards other people. People in our society will start acting more careless because they are more worried about what their headphones are saying instead of the people around