These fears of mental imprisonment and nuclear war can be reflected to how Bradbury’s society was leaning prior to world war two. If Bradbury had not noticed and wrote down his feelings and concerns to this path, it is a very real possibility that we could be living in a book burning destructive society, that is corrupt, war hungry
Why stray from your path? The technological heavy civilization that Ray Bradbury portrays in Fahrenheit 451 creates an environment where its citizens are impersonal, rigid, and dull which is the due cause of social expectations and governmental dictatorship. This science fiction novel demonstrates how technology can change the way that its people live in a holistic way. The scarcity of human interaction through direct conversation like when Mildred and her friends were watching television and Guy
Program, United States Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, March 1978 ://www.history.com/topics/1950s/videos/cold-war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false The introduction of the Emergency Broadcast System in the 1950s influenced Fahrenheit 451’s plot. I believe Ray Bradbury used this, at the time, new innovation to shape his government in his novel. The government was able to access its citizens through their televisions, radio and other technologies. The government was able to announce its national
and parcel of science fiction literature. H. G Wells in his The Time Machine presents the scientific innovation of a time travelling machine.The machine allows the passenger to travel to and forth in time. Also the use of sophisticated weaponry like ray guns and laser beams are also a recurrent theme in many of the dystopian science fiction