Technology In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Rachael Mann

Mrs. Allen-Gordon

Acc. American Lit.

April 17, 2023 Fahrenheit 451

Technology is the biggest supporter of ignorance. Even though technology can advance society, it can lead to ethical and moral problems. Throughout his novel, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury portrays the negative effects of technology, and what the future may hold if society becomes too dependent on technology. Bradbury also shows that books provide society with opportunities to independently think. For this reason, Fahrenheit 451 is beneficial for students to read because it shows the consequences of being completely consumed in technology.

In Fahrenheit 451, society devours meaningless television shows, radio programs, and participates in mindless activities. This is because the government has banned all forms of books, leaving the people to feed on filtered information. Mildred, who is Guy’s wife in the novel, interacts with her “family,” who are simply voices that speak through

They say this because several characters, such as Mildred, who is Guy's wife, misuse drugs frequently. The book also contains graphic violence such as burning a man alive, bombings, and suicide. While the book does contain these things, what the people fail to recognize is the message Bradbury is trying to send. When Mildred uses drugs, she is always affected negatively. She is so forgetful from not using her cognitive abilities, she forgets how many sleeping pills to take. She is not purposefully trying to overdose. Violence written in the Fahrenheit 451 is a result of people not thinking, because they are not reading or experiencing emotions. After Guy kills Beatty by burning him alive, Guy thinks, “You must remember, burn them or they'll burn you” (Bradbury 117). Clearly, the society Guy lives in is violent, a result of the lack of