How Does Bradbury Predicts In Fahrenheit 451

Macy Volk
Long
Language Arts
9 March 2023
Fahrenheit 451 paragraph Bradbury correctly predicts in Fahrenheit 451 that due to the popularity of television and the isolation provided by headphones that sensation will substitute and inhibit thinking. Clarisse, Montag’s neighbor, introduces the idea to Montag that school has begun to substitute critical thinking for technology and easy activities that don't require you to engage your brain, causing a lack of students that will challenge and question problems in society.“An hour of TV class, an hour of basketball or baseball or running, another hour of transcription history or painting pictures, and more sports, but do you know, we never ask questions, or at least most don't;” (Bradbury 27). The first part of this quote suggests that

When Bradbury mentions the phrase “we never ask questions” he was implying that people in society have a lack of curiosity due to the fact that technology is much easier to put your attention into. The lack of questioning in society can lead to a lack of understanding and critical thinking about important issues. Most people today are enclosed in technology and chose to work around hard challenges instead of using critical thinking and questioning problems. Without the use of these skills, people may be less likely to drive social change and progress in society. In addition to Bradbury's idea that television will substitute for thinking he also mentions that headphones will isolate humans from their surroundings. Montag observes his wife Mildred as she places her seashells in her ear, allowing her to disconnect from reality and the world around her. “There was a tiny dance of melody in the air, her Seashell was tamped in her ear again and she was listening to far people in far places, her eyes wide and staring at the fathoms of blackness above her in the ceiling” (39). Bradbury acknowledges in this quote the effects