Fahrenheit 451 - Reflection

I enjoyed reading Fahrenheit 451 because it showed how the advancement of technology and the neglect of books and knowledge will bring about destruction. In this book, technology allows people to be able to just stay inside all day watching telivision and not have to leave the house as much. The technology causes people in Fahrenheit 451 to have to have less interaction with the world and other people. Also, technology is able to keep people from knowing what is really going on in the world. They can be tricked into believing false things, like when the innocent man is shown on t.v. being killed by the hound and the news claims it was Montag that was shown. Another example of how their technology effects them is that in their technological society, suicide attempts are about 10 every day according to the handymen in charge of operating the machine that is meant to save their lives.

In this book, books are taken away and burned. Along with these books, the knowledge contained within them is also being destroyed. The destruction of knowledge represents the consequences of having a world so far into technology that knowledge is not even needed and is lost.

After reading the book, it has become evident that our world's technology is also causing us to lack knowledge that we once needed. With computers, people do not need to memorize things or remember how to do them as much since they can quickly look it up on the computer. Also, our T.V. sets and the media can change our way of thinking and do not allow people to think for themselves.