... become so dependent on technology that he has become unaware of how much control it has and it is this ignorance that leads to dystopia. In both Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and Joseph Heller's Catch-22, the authors demonstrate how technology has lead to dystopia through characters, symbolism and atmosphere. In Heller's Catch-22, the characters show how technology has taken ... the dystopia. Although characters are a good way to show how a dystopia is created, symbolism can be just as powerful as the characters. The symbolism that Ray Bradbury uses in Fahrenheit 451 shows that technolo...

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... from spot to spot in a grinning, delicious frenzy" (448). He plans on channeling this new surge of excitement into taking a stand against the bullying of his oppressors with "babbling confidence" (451). In the end of the novel, he even threatens to "punch Captain Black right in the nose the next time [he] sees him"" (452). Although it does not follow the ... ...

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