Technology In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury is known as a fictional book that shows how technology takes over. Montag is a fireman who lives in a world controlled by the government and technology. Montag soon realizes how things are not all that they seem. Montag will go through a journey of realization as specific people come into his life to show that technology isn't all that it seems to be.

Montag started off as a regular firefighter, but he isn't the firefighter who saves babies from burning buildings. In this world a firefighter is someone who sets houses on fire for the government to people who have books stashed in their houses. Montag didn't think about the real reason why they have to burn down houses only that it gave him a pleasure of being

Montag got curious why the Hound acted so threatening towards him which made him wonder if he hid anything threatening towards the government. Later Montag saw Clarisse and she mentioned that social isn't getting together and watching TV, social is being with people and actually talking to them and interacting with them. Montag felt joy with Clarisse, but yet felt guilty for not spending time with his wife Mildred, But all Mildred does was be with the relatives ( TVs throughout the house). Sadly Montag's and Clarisse's friendship gets cut when Clarisse was ran over by people around her age, and this changed Montag by making him more curious about what Clarisse had been trying to tell

This old lady rejected Montag saving her from the fire and lit her own match. After the death of this old lady, Montag began to think. Montag asked himself about what was so important in those books that made that lady light her own match? This made Montag find books in which he has hid before, but now the only question left was, how long does he have until The Hound finds out? The question was answered when Captain Beatty paid Montag a visit while Montag was feeling ill, and during this visit Beatty explained the truth of burning books by saying on page 51 “ Once, books appealed to a few people, here, there, everywhere. They could afford to be different. The world was roomy. But then the world got full eyes and elbows and mouths. Double, Triple, Quadruple population. Films and radios, magazines, books leveled down to a sort of paste pudding norm. do you follow me?”. Beatty had explained example after example to Montag, but now Montag had to worry about his wife nosing