Social Interactions In Fahrenheit 451
The past, present, and future connect in intriguing ways. Ancient sources constantly provide evidence that history repeats itself. As often as this occurs, the future is accurately predicted, as shown in Morgan Robertson’s book The Titan. It is about an unsinkable ship that hits an iceberg and sinks, written just fourteen years before the legendary Titanic sank. Another book that predicts the future unerringly is Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. Some “predictions” from this book involve the emotional state of humans as well as how they socially interact. Emotions are subconsciously hidden within the characters of Fahrenheit 451. For instance, Clarisse, a friend of the main character Guy, mentions at one point that people in their society
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In Fahrenheit 451, people have friends that they interact with but with whom they do not necessarily connect. An example of this in the book is within pages ninety through ninety-eight in which Guy and his wife Millie have company visiting in their house. The women chatted and laughed together, talking about empty topics rather than deeper ones. Guy, from a very intricate number a factors, became angry with their emptiness and read to them the poem entitled The Sea of Faith. This poem caused a lady to shed tears without even knowing why, which also connects with the emotional state of Guy’s society. There is evidence that everyone else in the society is like this as well, except for Clarisse and her family. They ask questions and wonder how the world works, why people act they way they do. “The family had been feeding her subconscious, I’m sure, from what I saw of her school record. She didn’t want to know how a thing was done, but why,” says fireman captain Beatty (Bradbury 57). So, the utopian society is not good with true social interaction with some exceptions. In a similar way, our society is not the best with interacting. We have social media, with countless friends on our accounts. Yet, we may not even know the physical traits of most of those people. Also, as Clarisse ponders about to Guy, often friends come together just to spend time with their phones. We do not always really talk and connect with each other.
In Fahrenheit 451, people have friends that they interact with but with whom they do not necessarily connect. An example of this in the book is within pages ninety through ninety-eight in which Guy and his wife Millie have company visiting in their house. The women chatted and laughed together, talking about empty topics rather than deeper ones. Guy, from a very intricate number a factors, became angry with their emptiness and read to them the poem entitled The Sea of Faith. This poem caused a lady to shed tears without even knowing why, which also connects with the emotional state of Guy’s society. There is evidence that everyone else in the society is like this as well, except for Clarisse and her family. They ask questions and wonder how the world works, why people act they way they do. “The family had been feeding her subconscious, I’m sure, from what I saw of her school record. She didn’t want to know how a thing was done, but why,” says fireman captain Beatty (Bradbury 57). So, the utopian society is not good with true social interaction with some exceptions. In a similar way, our society is not the best with interacting. We have social media, with countless friends on our accounts. Yet, we may not even know the physical traits of most of those people. Also, as Clarisse ponders about to Guy, often friends come together just to spend time with their phones. We do not always really talk and connect with each other.