Dystopia represses the ones who are identified as intellectuals with particular force, because most people are willing to accept it, and the resistance to it consists mostly of intellectuals. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, dystopia is exposed to portray the evolution of a corrupt society by the overwhelming use of technology, strict governmental control, and the questioning of society.
Technology is the biggest benefit to mankind. It brings many wonders to society, such as entertainment, assistance, and keeps us sane. However, it also has the tendency to control us completely. It has evolved to the point that humans no longer have to do anything at all. Mildred embodies the society as a whole, being overly entranced by technology. For instance, she is constantly in the parlor watching her family. When Montag kindly asked her if she could turn the parlor off because he was feeling ill, she declined his request and replied that it was her family (pg. 49). Mildred does not give her full attention to her own husband to take care of him. She is too consumed of the parlor that she fails to recognize the fact that it is Montag that she should be calling her family considering that they are married to each other. Mildreds actions illustrates how corrupt the society evolved into because of technology. The human population now feeds off technology like a parasite feeds off blood. We want things more, faster, and safer until eventually, it overwhelms us and we lose ourselves in it. It will not be long before we simply become empty shells of what was once human.
Population is becoming more immature, no matter what generation. The government in the society was trying to please everybody, but due to lack of control and order, their plans of progressing flopped and eventually resulted in violence and chaos. The children around Clarisses age frighten her because of how deranged they became and how people hurt each other nowadays (pg. 30). They killed each other relentlessly and without any remorse. The government did not exert much or any effort into improving their society. There were no laws that helped stabilize the society either. Without any rules experience, responsibility is not present, which is why massive chaos arose.
With an unethical society like the one seen in Fahrenheit 451, it would not be surprising if anyone were to be curious and question society. Montag, Clarisse, Granger, and Faber were among the few to do so. In the beginning, Montag enjoyed being a book burner and even exclaimed that kerosene was nothing but perfume to him, but as time progressed, Montag starts to see the reality of the corrupt world he lived in with the help of the biggest influences in his life, Clarisse, Faber, and Granger.
Dystopia has no escape in Fahrenheit 451. The society unfortunately lives in it and because of this, its results merge into chaos and disorder among the population. The large amount of influence by technology, oppressive government control, and the questioning of society help develop and prove that Fahrenheit 451 is indeed a dystopian type of literature.
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