Fahrenheit 451
The book Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, takes place in an unnamed futuristic city sometime in the twenty-fourth century. The environment is unimaginably modern, for technological evolution has changed society into a fantasy land. Doors are programmed to announce visitors before they even arrive. Books are illegal, as is any true thought. Mankind has become lazy and ignorant because of the extreme advances in technology. In actuality, the people no longer know how to perform simple, every-day chores that we do, because a machine has been invented to do anything and everything mankind needs.
Although the city seems completely disconnected from our society, there are some familiar things, like neighborhoods, cars, and trees. However there are also many fictional creations, like the Mechanical Hound, a robot designed to search for and kill those who infringe on the law once it has been programmed with their scent. Houses are so well made that there are never......
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