“Fahrenheit 451” AND TODAY.
We all have our pros and cons, strengths and weaknesses, but no one is the same. Its differences make us what we are! In the book “Fahrenheit 451” by Bradbury, the similarity between them and us are… disturbing and sad. We may very well be headed towards this dystopia of arrogance and bliss. While the dystopia is far more technologically advanced and depends on it, we are similar in the way that we’re using our phones and tablets for everything! We use them for the time, games, news, even TV at this point! Montag’s wife is glued to the TV stating that there “her family” (Bradbury?) as we are to our phones. Montag’s society depends on the happiness and unawareness of the people to function, so what’s a better distraction than TV! They’ve become so dependent on electronics that everyone knows how they work. All the shows, unlike our TVs, are fast paced to keep them looking on whilst our TV has a story line that you can follow.…show more content… We are a system of election and the people’s rights but Mildred’s world of distraction and propaganda as betty states “What do we want more than anything? We want to be happy!”(Bradbury?). There entire government is revolving around the arrogance of the people and their cooperation on any matters. As long as the people are happy the government can run smoothly taking “ignorance is bliss” to a whole new level! Our society may not be the most aware but at least our representatives are not stopping us from learning and being
