When characters are isolated, they get the chance to look within themselves and analyze their own potential and soul. When alone, they are no longer distracted by technology and the materialism of others. This is especially prevalent in Kaleidoscope. Morris, when floating alone through space with only the faint voices of his shipmates, he looks back on his life. He gets the chance to see all of his failed potential, and gets the chance to see all of his lost potential in the future. He recognizes the materialism of others, and rejects it. Also, when told by his fellow astronaut that he was “getting mean at the end,” the silence that follows allows him to think and reflect on how he had been acting (Bradbury 35). Had he clung to someone else and gone with them, he probably would have been more focused on them and not his own reflections.…show more content… With the isolation, he sees the fault in his society. Isolation also plays a part in the life of Leonard. He walks completely alone through the night. He sees the TVs in everyone's houses and criticizes them for it. His isolation allows him to ponder on his society, and to separate himself from it. The same is also true in Fahrenheit 451. When isolated, Montag gets the opportunity to ponder over everything he has learned from nature and Clarisse. His isolation is essential in the fact that without isolation, there is no reflection or development of new thoughts. Isolation allows the characters to form new thoughts without the distraction of technology or
