Civilization In Fahrenheit 451

To summarize, Fahrenheit 451 can still be used to caution our current civilization about the dangers of following the same path as the nation in the novel. Mankind in this novel had a wealth of problems, most notably a superficial over-reliance on technology, a major increase in violence, particularly regarding children, and the loss of the ability to socialize. These problems combined into a social status quo that was malevolent, ignorant, and terrifying. Our society is on the verge of becoming such. Though the problems presented in the novel are in relatively drastic compared to our current circumstances, if we turn a blind-eye, the problems are to continue to grow in magnitude until our society is exactly like the one in the book. Our civilization

must learn from the mistakes, and from the prophetic predictions presented by our predecessors, so we do not destroy ourselves. However, as seen in the book, the government was not the one who began the censoring and violence, rather it was the public who self-censored themselves. Our society is undoubtedly going to have to make a similar decision in the near future, whether to censor themselves in order to live in ignorant bliss, or to live in knowledgeable melancholy, knowing that people are naturally abhorrent and supercilious, yet choosing to live a life of compassion to make the world, even if minimally, a better place. It is imperative that we, as the people that will decide the fate of our descendants, choose the latter of the options.