The Addiction Of Technology In John Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury argues that technology will take over the world with how he predicts; the parlor walls, the burning of books, and the types of people there are in society. In Fahrenheit 451, there are many ways that technology is portrayed as a bad addiction in society, for example, the addiction to the parlor walls. Society is so caught up on these parlor walls, it is a distraction and addiction from receiving the essential knowledge that they can get from reading books. Not only do the parlor walls take over their society, the books are getting burned which makes it harder for them to gain knowledge and, therefore, makes it easier for them to stay addicted to the parlor walls. The technology is so advanced that people are amazed and amused calling it “family”. They forget about the real knowledge of books and focus on the high-tech television that is
He shows us that we will get so advanced in technology and forget about the things around us. One of the things Bradbury had predicted was the seashell radio, no one in Montag’s society knew about this technology because they were blinded by the parlor walls. This is one of the technologies that will advance and take over society, this technology was introduced by faber stating “It looks like a Seashell Radio.” “and something more! It listens!” (87) Mildred proves to us that the addiction to the parlor walls can affect how she handles situations, like the time when Montag told Mildred not to tell anyone about the books, because she afraid of the censorship and didn’t want to lose her so called “family” she had turned in the alarm. Montag asked Beatty saying, “Was it my wife turned in the alarm?” Beatty nodded” (111). Bradbury predicted how society will end up, not knowing or caring for others, technology getting more advanced, and being a very aggressive society due to an isolation of books and addiction to parlor