Dystopian Society
The Dalai Lama once said, “Without technology humanity has no future, but we have to be careful that we don’t become so mechanised that we lose our feelings.” He is warning the people of today's society. Dalai Lama states that we can’t let technology take over, or we will stop expressing feelings because we will be addicted and obsessed with technology. Just like Dalai Lama, the author of the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, writes about the danger of technology taking over this particular society in the book, which leads to citizens not expressing feelings. These examples show that the society in Fahrenheit 451 is dystopian.
The citizens of the society think they are living in a perfect utopian society, where nothing
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In reality, there are many things that portray a dystopian society, including that they can’t think for themselves. When the main character, Guy Montag, starts to question the society he’s living in, the Chief fireman, Beatty, explains, “‘Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving’” (61). Beatty believes that no one should think for themselves. They get fed the answers to feel smart and to feel like they are thinking, but they don’t have their own opinions or beliefs. Everything is done for them because the government wants them to conform. A society where people can’t have their own individual thoughts is an example of a dystopian society. Another reason why this society is dystopian is because no one cares about people dying. Later in the book, Montag doesn’t see his friend outside where she usually is every day. Many more days pass, and Montag’s wife, Millie, finally tells Montag that she overheard that the girl got hit by a car and died. Montag is …show more content…
There is an instance in which this happens. In the story, Montag is armed with a fire hose and Beatty is unarmed. Montag murdered Beatty by burning him with the hose. After, Montag started to think about what he did and he realized, “How strange, strange, to want to die so much that you let a man walk around armed then instead of shutting up and staying alive, you go on yelling at people and making fun of them until you get them mad and then…” Montag believes that Beatty, instead of being quiet to try to live, Beatty kept provoking Montag so that Montag would get so mad that he would kill him. A society where people want to die, most certainly shows this to be dystopian. Another reason why this society is dystopian is because the government makes a show with violence and murder to please the people. The show is the chase and then killing of Montag, and people find this entertaining. Only, Montag escaped and the government doesn’t want to show the citizens that they had failed, so they murder a fake Montag to please the audience. Montag figured this out, with help from his new, trustworthy friends that are just like him. They read books and escaped as well. One of the friends named, Granger told him they watched the chase happen and explained, “‘They’re faking. You threw them off at the river. They can’t admit it. They know they can hold their audience for only so long. The show’s
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Ultimately, in his novel Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury is saying that technology, although wonderful, can be very dangerous. Technology can enhance the productivity of our lives, while reducing the quality.Human interaction is the glue that holds society together, and technology simply cannot be a substitute.
With all this technology they are just letting their life get controlled and brainwashed.Over all, Bradbury did a nice explaining how technology affects relationships in the society of Fahrenheit 451. Technology at the same time could be good in the novel but Bradbury makes it look like it’s more serious and dangerous. Most of the people in this society are getting distracted by all this technology which most of the time this technology doesn’t bring anything good. People in this society should start getting away from technology because it’s not doing them any good, and if they don’t do anything for themselves the problem of being addicted/controlled by technology well get worse. They should do something about this technology that’s taking over their lives before it’s too late! Bradbury uses a lot of technology that’s used in Fahrenheit 451 with the technology that we use today.For example, seashells are earbuds, and the tv parlours today are just “ 50” flat screens and theater
The world is lucky to have authors who can see and write about the flaws in society. One of these authors is Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, who writes about futuristic society and uses symbols to communicate with the reader in deeper meaning. In this futuristic society firemen burn books to destroy ideas. There are a few characters who can see the world for what it is, Bradbury uses the symbol mirrors to show the reflectiveness in society. Seashell earbuds are used to block out reality people wish not to be in. In his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury demonstrates that ignoring reality can be destructive through his use of fire, mirrors, and seashell earbuds.
...very night the waves came in and bore her off on their great tides of sound, floating her, wide-eyed, toward morning”. In Fahrenheit 451, technology is so pervasive, so omnipresent, that it takes up all of everyone’s time. They are so immersed, they never have any time to think about anything, All of their free attention is sucked up by their addiction and reliance on technology, that they never think about their own happiness, or that of the people around them. They never stop to question their happiness, so they assume that they are happy. If one never thinks about it, then they automatically assume that it is okay. For instance, if one doesn’t think about an animal attacking them, then there must not be one, for if there was, then they’d be thinking about it. This is an instinctive trait in humans, and the Fahrenheit 451 government is using it to their advantage.
Albert Einstein once said “…Imagination is more important than knowledge…” but what if people lived in a world that restrained them from obtaining both knowledge and imagination. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Montag, expresses his emotions by showing the importance of social values. Throughout the novel, the secretive ways of a powerful force are exploited, the book also shows the faults in a new technological world, and the author shows the naïve way an average citizen in a dystopian society thinks.
In a dystopian society, the government watches and dictates everything. It is the opposite of a perfect world in the sense that careers and social status are pre-destined. The government of this society does everything in its power to make the citizens believe that this is the most ideal place to live. The word “dystopia” ultimately roots back to the Greek word “dys” meaning bad and “topos” meaning place (www.merriam-webster.com). Citizens in a dystopian society rarely question their government. Many citizens are brainwashed and others are just too frightened to speak out against injustices evident in their society. The Hunger Games and The Giver are perfect examples of dystopian texts d...