Technology and Its Influence in Stories and Movies

Technology is used by many people in our society today. Technology is very helpful but it can also take over our lives. In these five short stories and film they talked a lot about technology. These short stories and film include Technology Can Push Our Buttons, There Will Come Soft Rains, Harrison Bergeron, The Pedestrian and Wall-e.

In these short stories and film the message between all of them are similar. For example in The Pedestrian and Wall-e the message in both of them is that society can be taken over by technology. In The Pedestrian there is a man named Leonard, he is the only one not brainwashed by technology and electronics. While everyone is watching TV Leonard goes on a walk to take a breath of fresh air and enjoy the beautiful evening. Later on as Leonard is walking he gets pulled over by a police car. There was something weird about the police car…It was electronic! There was no one inside. Leonard got questioned about why he goes on walks.

Getting arrested by and electronic police car because you’re going on walks is not right. Leonard was the only one that enjoyed life, everyone else wanted to be stuck inside watching tv all the time. Also in Wall-e everybody is controlled by electronics. For example everyone is sitting on floating chairs in some kind of utopia out in space. The people there are overweight and get everything handed to them, literally. It is all electronics and technology. They have advertisement that pop up every second on the screens that surround their faces. In contrast Wall-e is the only one that still cares about life and living things.

People depend on technology and it is very helpful but if it gets to the point where our lives are taken over its unhealthy, for example in Technology...

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