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In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 a dystopian society is depicted in which there is a complete and utter lack of independent thinking, and where people cannot live without being influenced by the others around them. Our society is freakishly similar to the society in Fahrenheit 451. The use of technology in our society is seen too much as a necessity to our daily lives and less like something we use for entertainment or casual usage. In the society we live in now, parents are increasingly becoming less and less involved in their child's education and daily lives. The absence of caring parents can make it hard for children to learn how to interact with the people around them. Another similar trait of Fahrenheit 451’s society to ours is …show more content…

In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse was explaining to Montag why she wasn't going to school: “An hour of TV class, an hour of basketball or baseball or running, another hour of transcription history or painting pictures and more sports, but do you know, we never ask questions or at least most don’t, they just run the answers at you, bing, bing, bing, and us sitting there for four more hours of film teacher.” (29) Her words demonstrate that students in that society are not to question things that are being taught. In our society, there is a lack of academic creativity in many schools. In most schools, kids take the same classes every day. They learn English, Math, Science, and History. We do not have enough classes in our society that help to prepare us for the real world. For example, there is no class at Wayland High School that will teach students how to pay their taxes or get a mortgage. Sometimes when our teachers are lecturing we are expected to accept all information we receive as fact. It's extremely difficult to actively dissent to a teacher's opinion, especially when he or she presents it as fact. Our society shows a significant amount of resemblance to the society in Fahrenheit 451 in terms of the lack of creativity that children have in their

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