How Does Fahrenheit 451 Predict Future Technology

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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction novel set in a very futuristic time. Many science fiction writers write about technology and societal problems that come true in the future. The story, Fahrenheit 451 is set in present day Chicago around 2053. In the book, Guy Montag meets a woman named Clarisse, she is a 17-year-old girl that just moved to town. She makes Guy think differently about the society they live in. Clarisse makes him realize that he does not love his wife, Mildred. When he starts to comprehend the situation, he attempts to figure out a way to make this society more “normal.” Science fiction novels talk about futuristic technological advances and societal problems that act as a warning to …show more content…
The definition of a society is the combination of people living together in a more or less ordered community. Society deals with people, so no matter what, problems will arise. When you get people with way different outlooks on life and a wide variety of personality you have complications. Fahrenheit 451 represents a different type of normal. In their society, books are not aloud. When Guy Montag and Beatty are talking about their society, Beatty says, “We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal…A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon” (Bradbury 55). The government ruled out books a long time ago for that reason. Whenever the firemen find books they burn them immediately, so the book burning is very similar to the TV censoring we have today. In schools, they also have books banned. Both of these problems are some of what we have …show more content…
The parents simply don’t care; therefore, they don’t care what they do on a daily basis: which is somewhat like today. Mildred and her friends were talking, and one of her friends said, “You heave them into the ‘parlor’ and turn the switch. It’s like washing clothes: stuff laundry in and slam the lid” (Bradbury 93). There are so many parents that think parenting is this easy and it’s not. One of Mildred’s friends also says, “I plunk the children in school nine days out of ten. I put up with them when they come home three days a month; it’s not bad at all” (Bradbury 92). You have to raise your kid’s right, but everybody has a different version of what is right and
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