Fahrenheit 451 and Technology Dependency

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Throughout the book, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, dependency on technology becomes a relevant topic. In the novel, Bradbury depicts that people are obsessed with their technology and have become almost completely dependent on it. Characters such as Mildred exist in today’s modern world and show a perfect example of how society behaves. In today’s society, people use their technology for just about everything: from auto correct to automatic parallel parking; as time goes by people do less manually and let their appliances do the work. Today’s world has become so dependent on technology that people can hardly be away from their cell phone. In Fahrenheit 451, Mildred portrays one of those people. In the article, “Have we become too dependent on smart phone technology?” a woman and her friends test just how long they can be away from their cell phones. “‘The first 30 minutes to an hour all we talked about was how we missed our phones,’ Erebia said” (Ortega 1). The quote goes to show that people can hardly have conversation with out their security blanket, better known as their smart phone. “Smart phone technology is a double-edged sword when it comes to communication. Some people may be so engrossed in their phones that they would rather focus on that than on the person right in front of them – this is the bad – he said” (Ortega 2). At the end of this article everyone can agree that technology has a power over our lives. Mildred Montag, Guy’s wife, is a faultless illustration of people in current society. Along with the fact that she hardly leaves her parlor, she always wants more! “‘How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall-TV put in? It’s only two thousand dollars’” (Bradbury 18). ... ... middle of paper ... ...on technology and forgotten what used to be just simple tasks. Bradbury predicted this accurately in Fahrenheit 451 and teaches a lesson to this day. Current society should better appreciate culture and how things used to be before they were automatic. Fahrenheit 451 opens eyes and shows just how much society has developed to easier and more technological ways. Works Cited Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2013. Print. Healey, James R., and Kelsey Mays. “Which cars park themselves best? Challenge Results.” USA Today. 6 Dec. 2012. Web. 25 Apr. 2014. Ortega, J.R. "Have we become too dependent on smart phone technology?" Victoria Advocate. 28 Jan. 2012. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 25 Apr. 2014. Kirschner, Chanie. “7 signs we are too dependent on technology.” Mother Nature Network. 30 Sep. 2013. Web. 25 Apr. 2014.

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