In the wrong hands, technology can be dangerous.
Musa Khan,Aditya Vadlamani, Kevin Fedders, Zoe Grigsby, and Tyler Mattingley
Timeline:
- Montag uses kerosene to burn books
Seashells causing Mildred drug overdose
- The Hound hunts down Montag
- Parlor walls brainwashing people
- Books can be misused because they provide people with power
- Atomic bomb obliterating people
Textual examples from the book:
Event-Kerosene is used as a punishment for possessing novels
Quote: “WIth the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world the blood pounded in his head,..” (Bradbury, 1)
Event-Parlor walls brainwash citizens and dehumanizes them
Quote: “‘ You heave them into the ‘parlor’ and turn the switch. It’s like washing clothes; stuff laundry in and slam the lid’” (Bradbury, 93)
Event-Atomic bomb obliterates city
Quote: “...the scream of the jets that would follow, would say, after the deed, disintegrate, leave no stone on another, perish. Die.” (Bradbury,151)
Theme Questions:
Why is this theme important?
This theme is important to our understanding of the story because technology plays a key role and the primary reason for the change in humanity and the evolution into a dystopia.
How does it connect to modern society?
It connects to modern society because there are many technologies that are very similar to those presented in the novel and are having a similar effect on our population today.
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