Technology In Fahrenheit 451

After reading chapter one I’ve gotten a rather good feel of how the book will follow through. The setting takes place in a some what dystopian future where books are outlawed and things such as television and technology has advanced to the point of self dependency on these objects .The main character, Montag, is beginning to see through the façade that his “reality” is putting out before him. On a very spectacular night, he ran into a young girl around the age of 17 who showed him a different view point of life in a matter of days. She was quite peculiar for kids her age. The actually enjoyed thinking and social interaction. This sparked a sort of interest in Montag and helped him realize that he himself was unhappy in the way his life was …show more content…
The reason behind this is the ways people interact in the stories. In Bradbury’s novel, technology has blocked all paths for social interaction and times to think for themselves. They are always subjected to watching their favorite programs or driving quickly down highways to vent out anger not caring if they hit anything or anyone. This idea is somewhat similarly represented in Lowry’s The Giver. The people don't think for themselves, they think what the people in charge want them to think. These thoughts are choices of the people by the people. The people do not feel what they want to feel, they don’t really feel at all. Feelings are looked down upon and things such as love are seen as malicious topics for conversation. Social interaction takes a deep plunge towards the dark side with this one since the people are subjecting themselves to not interacting in the ways humans should. In both books, human nature is depicted by the government as something not necessary. Something that hinders and sets back human “growth”. This might seem only true in books but there are real world examples today. We never talk anymore. This may seem like a broad statement but the truth behind it is shocking. “The problem, of course, is what’s lost when that chit-chat goes. Developmental psychologists studying the impact of texting worry especially about young people, not just because kids are such promiscuous users of the technology, but because their interpersonal skills — such as they are — have not yet fully formed. Most adults were fixed social quantities when they first got their hands on a text-capable mobile device, and while their ability to have a face-to-face conversation may have eroded in recent years, it’s pretty well locked in. Not so with teens. As TIME has reported previously, MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle is one of the leading researchers looking into the effects of texting on interpersonal

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Technology Fahrenheit 451