https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90 Explores the impact of technology in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 on the plot and Bradbury's vision of the future. en-us 2022-11-15 19:31:45 UTC 2022-11-30 02:26:31 UTC hello@padlet.com lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2388392517 Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is Bradbury's prediction of a future where technology has enslaved humanity.]]> 2022-11-17 14:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2388392517 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2400812648 "The streets and houses are presented dark and lonely, but
only a girl, Clarisse, and her house have been presented
intensely vivid. It is due to the fact that Clarisse’s family are
talking to each other rather than spending their time on the
huge screens just as an alienated society does (Zanjani, 3)."]]> 2022-11-28 19:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2400812648 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2400826641 The dark loneliness of Fahrenheit 451's society caused by the wide use of the "parlor," alongside other technologies, is evidenced throughout the novel countless times. From the very beginning, with the attempted suicide of Mildred Montag, the despondency of society is shown, clear as day. This is enhanced when the workers who came to Mildred's aid revealed that such attempts were common occurrences, with individuals requiring the men's assistance numerous times a night. ]]> 2022-11-28 19:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2400826641 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2400840953 Clarisse and her family are notable for being the lone exception to the isolation of the outside world, as Clarisse serves throughout the story as the exception to principle. From the very beginning, Clarisse is the only form of life present on the moonlit night where Montag and Clarisse meet, and from that point, Clarisse inspires Montag to think separately of his expectation, igniting the fuse of events which lead to the story of Fahrenheit 451.]]> 2022-11-28 19:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2400840953 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2401957992 "Hell! The operator's cigarette moved on his lip. We get these cases nine or ten a night. Got so many, starting a few years ago, we had the special machines built (Bradbury, 13)."]]> 2022-11-29 14:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2401957992 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2401976598 "Will you turn the parlor off? [Montag] asked. That's my family [Mildred replied] (Bradbury, 46)."]]> 2022-11-29 14:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2401976598 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2401979994 Mildred is so addicted to the parlor that she isn't willing to shut it off for her ill-feeling husband, even going as far as referring to the characters on the parlor shows as her "family."]]> 2022-11-29 14:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2401979994 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402497635 "The concept of family changes drastically with the development of technology, leading people to replace their family with non-living objects (Zanjani, 4)."]]> 2022-11-29 19:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402497635 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402523230 "Family" as we know it is nothing like it is depicted in Fahrenheit 451. Innovations such as the parlor and thimble radio have caused the individual to dissociate from their blood family, preferring the easy and easy stimulation of such devices. As such, the distinctions made by Clarisse's family and Guy Montag, both of whom are shown to resist the aforementioned temptations, are the metaphorical "escaped slaves" of technology.]]> 2022-11-29 20:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402523230 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402788277 "Mildred watched the toast delivered to her plate. She had both ears plugged with electronic bees that were humming the hour away. She looked up suddenly, saw him, and nodded. 'You all right?' [Guy] asked. She was an expert at lip reading from ten years of apprenticeship at Seashell ear-thimbles. She nodded again. She set the toaster clicking away at another piece of bread (Bradbury, 16)."]]> 2022-11-30 01:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402788277 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402808268 Considers the implementation of then-foreign technological innovations into Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Focused on the individual impacts of technology on the characters of Guy and Mildred Montag, Clarisse McClellan and family, and the whole of society in Fahrenheit 451. Emphasis is given to how Bradbury uses the novel as a potential warning for the effects of allowing technology to infiltrate daily life in such a capacity. Some topics discussed are courtesy of ideas presented by Surena Zanjani in his critique of Fahrenheit 451. ]]> 2022-11-30 01:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402808268 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402811912 2022-11-30 01:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402811912 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402829962 2022-11-30 01:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402829962 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402833834 2022-11-30 01:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402833834 lschmidt135 https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402876928 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a1akxSUCZIkKBeuSXVSka2J8suhvHn80BAKVGZT6qUM/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2022-11-30 02:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lschmidt135/v01dwd4clwi4jk90/wish/2402876928