How Is Society Like Fahrenheit 451

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With new people in charge, inventions being made everyday, and tons of stories being told through media, the world is constantly changing. People have all the knowledge they could ever need right in there pocket. Social media has made it so that people can personalize what they post,and customize their accounts. People can also state their opinions and post it so the whole world can see it. The internet has made it so people can talk with whoever they want whenever they want. Thirty, Forty years ago people could not do any of this. Rules and laws have changed from overtime too. Anyone can do virtually anything they want. Back then certain people, depending on race or gender couldn't be or do everything other people could. That is why I do not think the world is becoming more and more like Fahrenheit 451. I think that our world right now is actually moving further away from fahrenheits society. …show more content…

One particular sentence that he said really stuck to me. He said,”We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought.”(59) I think that it is the complete opposite in the world we live in. We are taught in school to respect everyone's opinion/idea, whether we love it or hate it. Sometimes the craziest ideas turn out to be amazing. For example, Steve Jobs. Back then His idea was to put thousands of songs into a small device so that people could listen to music with ease. Lots of people doubted him. Now, fast forward to the present. Almost everyone has unlimited music at the palm of their hands. If our society was like fahrenheits, Most of the world's most successful people would not have made it nearly as far as they

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