I'm writing an essay on the book " Farenheight 451".
(F451 is a book dealing with how technology is "taking over the economy". In the book, firemen burn houses intstead of putting fire out. It has alot to do with censorship. )
so the topic of the essay is how technology is taking over, basically.
I'm writing an essay on the book " Farenheight 451".
(F451 is a book dealing with how technology is "taking over the economy". In the book, firemen burn houses intstead of putting fire out. It has alot to do with censorship. )
so the topic of the essay is how technology is taking over, basically.
any creative takers?
please please please?!
ok I will give this one a shot for you...
Although I haven't read the text in question I'm fairly well versed in such matters, and perhaps a way to approach this essay would be to test the supposition of the text; i.e that technology is a negative, almost parasitic influence to modern society. You could perhaps expand this beyond the text by exploring some negative aspects of our technological advances, such as utter reliance upon it and the limitations of this factor. As well as that I'd discuss how technology is presently being driven as a tool for the surpression of common humanity, whether it be by the invention of chat rooms replacing human contact, or whether it is in the form of wire taps etc being used to invade our privacy by governments positively Orwellian in their pursuit of power.
I know you'd then have to scale it down to talk about the economy, but that's a mute point in this instance in my opinion, and perhaps the question could be expanded beyond the remit of the text.
You could also go over to Google video, and watch a BBC documentary called "The Power Of Nightmares".
Then you can tie in that vision of the future quite well with what's illustrated in the book, by placing it against the reality of what we've come to know since then.
I'm writing an essay on the book " Farenheight 451".
(F451 is a book dealing with how technology is "taking over the economy". In the book, firemen burn houses intstead of putting fire out. It has alot to do with censorship. )
so the topic of the essay is how technology is taking over, basically.
any creative takers?
please please please?!
Actually, Farenheit 451 is more about the dumming down of society and the use of technology to stop people thinking for themselves. Books are a danger which is why they are burnt by the fire brigade. The houses are fireproofed and book burning is the only thing firemen engage in.
I'd call my essay Gigabyte 451, possibly. Maybe have a hook about burning DVDs.
If you haven't seen the movie Farenheit 451 then do yourself a favour - It's a hidden gem.
Fahrenheit 451 and Technology bookrags has a short essay on this
If you google "fahrenheit 451 technology" you will get search results that show a mini guide from hrw that has the following: Technology can isolate people and inhibit the sharing of thoughts, ideas, and emotions. Hope this helps!
I agree with Mr Shoes. I don't see how Fahrenheit 451 has anything to do with technology. If anything it's a Lacedaemonian nightmare, which sends the world back more than 2000 years.
The book is a kind of allegory about the time in which it was written. Since World War Two, headlines in newspapers had continually warned the public about Russian spies, some real and some imaginary. The federal government had begun requiring loyalty oaths. Many people were damaged in the hysteria.
August 3, 1948 ? Whitaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of spying for Soviet Union
1949 ? Lyndon Johnson slanders Leland Olds as a Communist.
August 29, 1949 ? first Russian atomic test
October 1949 Communist Party takes control of China,
1949 - Lyndon Johnson calls Leland Olds a communist
January1950 ? Alger Hiss convicted of perjury in connection with spying
January 1950 ? Klaus Fuchs confesses spying for Russians
February 1950 ? Joe McCarthy begins his communist witch hunt
June 1950 ? Korean War begins
Summer of 1950 ? Richard Nixon slanders Hellen Gahagan Douglas as a communist
February 1951 ? Ray Bradbury publishes a version Fahrenheit 451
March 6, 1951 ? Rosenberg espionage trial begins. Confessed spies Harry Gold and David Greenglass testify
1952 ? Elia Kazan testifies about Communist influence in Hollywood.
June 19, 1953 ? Julius Rosenberg executed for espionage
1953 ? Bradbury publishes later version of Fahrenheit 451
1954 ? Bradbury publishes serialized version published in Playboy
1954 - Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam
One might wonder if people at the time thought that the world was burning down, so why not a book about book burning.
This is the Wiki synopsis, which is the way I remember it:
"Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury which was first published in a shorter form as "The Fireman" (Galaxy Science Fiction, Vol. 1 No. 5, February 1951). The short novel presents a future American society in which the masses are hedonistic and critical thought through reading is outlawed. The central character, Guy Montag, is employed as a "fireman" (which, in this future, means "bookburner" ). The novel's title refers to the supposed temperature at which book paper combusts."
Hedonism, outlawed critical thought and book burning are the main points.
One thought that captures all three is "Burn It to the Ground", after the Nickleback song of the same name, to wit:
Burn all restraint, reject thought in favor of manic euphoric rebellion, Incinerate!.
Other connections, both from the Dark Knight:
Alfred's comment--"Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."
And the Joker's own version of Fahrenheit 451, incinerating paper....money.
There ought to be a trigger in there somewhere (suggestions for title/hook in bold).
BTW, that's my favorite song/music video. I guess I look at it as an orchestrated temporary dystopia (love that word), only up to the verge, leading to cathartic regurgitation rather than a permanent scorched earth.
In Dante's The Comedy, the temperature of Hell varies from very hot to below freezing.
In the Odyssey, Ulysses goes to see Hercules in Hell, but the wandering Greek doesn't mention a temperature. That must have been before the beginning of global warming.
Dr Faustus went to Hell, but he has not come back to speak of the temperature.