Three major commonalities found in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 between our society and the depicted society are how much television people watch, the censorship through government, and through advanced technology overtaking manual labors and making it easier for us to relax and do less work. These are all becoming more and more relevant as the years pass and as technology evolves. Each year the human race is becoming more and more sophisticated and with this their research habits are coming more complete and effective. This may someday lead to similar things happening in the near or far future if something isn’t done about it now.
One example of the peoples need for television in the book is when Mildred and Montag are in the hallway reading through books after pulling the from the ventilation shaft. “The parlor was dead and Mildred kept peering in at it with a blank expression as Montag paced the floor and came back
Along with all the other things named, problems are occurring with machinery and A.I. taking over normal human jobs. This example is with Montag and the electric hound and how he escapes the first time it growls at him. “The pole, reacting, slid upward and took him through the ceiling, quietly.”(p. 42) This shows that even simple things like taking and elevator and hitting a few buttons has even been turned into machinery automatically taking you up on impact. Today people rely on things like elevators and even electric scooters that are used by elders or just plain lazy people to get around. These are all signs of people’s sheer laziness. As time goes on people get lazier and lazier and all they want to do is have fun. This goes to show that the only reason work is done is because it gets you all the fun stuff you want and things that will make life easier for anybody.
Depending on the further actions that people take towards the problem