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BlakeIn Fahrenheit 451, technology such as large flat-panel televisions, earbud radios, wall-sized screens, and seashell radios are prominently featured. The novel also explores futuristic technology like robotic hounds and high-speed transportation devices. These technologies play a significant role in the dystopian society depicted in the book.
Technology is not a main part of Fahrenheit 451, but the idea of it is important. Technology has pretty much taken over the lives of the people living in Fahrenheit 451. Nobody reads anymore because they have become so accustomed to getting information from television, radio, etc. The "parlor walls" in Fahrenheit 451 are actually giant TV screens. Mildred, Montag's wife, truly believes that the people on these "parlor walls" are her actual relatives. In short, technology is one of the reasons it isn't so necessary for people to read anymore. Unchecked technology in Fahrenheit 451 has ruined the need and the desire to read.
"The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse." (11)
"The keys to the beetle are on the night table. I always like to drive fast when I feel that way. You get it up around ninety-five and you feel wonderful. Sometimes I drive all night and come back and you don't know it. It's fun out in the country. You hit rabbits, sometimes you hit dogs. Go take the beetle." (64)
"It'sreally fun. It'll be even more fun when we can afford to have the fourth wall installed. How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a wall-TV put in. It's only two thousand dollars." (20)
"But who has ever torn himself from the claw that encloses you when you drop a seed in a TV parlor? It grows you any shape it wishes!" (84)
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