The Role Of Technology In Fahrenheit 451 And Minority Report

Every move you make, every word you speak and every internet search you do is being monitored by some out there right now. The lack of privacy has always been an issue ever since homosapiens exsisted. Not only that, the invasion of personal space is evidently one of problems in the modern society, as the citizens of all countries in the world are under constant surveillance by their governments, who invade the privacy of their citizens using the very technology that is meant to protect them and make their lives easier. Furthermore, the film “Minority Report” directed by Steven Spielberg and Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury are iconic dystopian works that feature a futuristic imagined universe that is established on the bases of the invasion

of personal privacy through an exaggerated worst-case scenario. Moreover, the film “Minority Report” takes place in the state of Washington in the year 2054, where all murders are envisioned by the Precogs and the law enforcement of the society Precrime ceases the murder before it can occur. Correspondingly, in the novel Fahrenheit 451 the population is controlled and maintained through constant surveillance from the citizens around them and books are repudiated in the society. Moreover, firefighters in the dystopian society burndown down books to keep the citizens content and keep them from being critical thinkers. While both works demonstrate lack of privacy among citizens due to invasive surveillance, the breachment of personal privacy is vastly acquainted in the film Minority Report. In both these works the “Minority Report” and Fahrenheit 451 the government utilizes technology invasively to breach the privacy of their citizens to stop crimes. Additionally, in both works the totalitarian governments employ constant surveillance amongst citizens to ensure that citizens abide by strict conformity. Lastly, in both works law enforcement acts as surveillance to closely observe and locate the fugitive.