Fahrenheit 451 Socratic Essay

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1. Read the article “Are iPads, smart phones, and the mobile web rewiring the way we think?” Then take 3-5 hours out of your day to avoid technology (cell phones, calculators, computers, iPods, television, movies, CDs, etc.). You must log these hours all at once, and it must be during “free time.” Sports practices, after school clubs, and other homework time do not count as “free time” and cannot be used for this 3-5 hour chunk. Once you have completed this task, have a parent sign here x (signature can be found on last page) and type a 200 word reflection. Describe your thoughts, feelings, and overall experience with letting go of technology for a few hours. Did you value your time more

Violence and destructive tactics are okay to use in order to combat an unjust system if it is the only way to break the system, the system is self-aware of its wrongs, and if the system itself has been using destructive tactics. Therefore, Guy Montag was wrong in his plan to call in alarms against firemen. The firemen were destructive, but they did not realize what they were doing was wrong. They were simply molded by the society they were brought up in. Guy Montag did not try to explain to each of them how they were wrong; therefore, having their houses burnt down was wrong, even though they were destructive as well. Montag was correct in his choice to kill Beatty however, because it was the only way to break the system. Beatty was self-aware of his wrongs, and used destructive tactics as well. Therefore, it was correct. His actions were justified, but not by societal situation, but objective responsibility as a moral

I think this mainly because we already have so many of the things that America in Bradbury’s novel has. We always have violent stories on the news, we’re used to people dying, and we want our cars, technology, and life to be faster and more comfortable. The people in the book are self-absorbed and completely unable to actually hold a social conversation because we are too involved in making social connections online. Right now, there are people that obsess over how many followers they have, who retweets their posts, and who liked their vacation pictures. Therefore, we not only have the potential to become like the Fahrenheit 451 society, but we are becoming that