Ray Bradbury: Fiction or Reality?

Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 which many people have misunderstood the true meaning of the book. Some people think the book is mainly about government censorship. In interview three, he said that was his book is nothing about government censorship. It is more like explain the fear of technology on the future. By the way in the 1st and 2ND interview, he said the characters came to him and talked to him. He wrote just what they told him in his head. He didn't write anything bad about the government.
Another question arise from this book. Is Ray Bradbury's fantasy coming true or was it a reality? I believe that image of the world is not happening yet, but may happen if we keep going the way were going. Ray Bradbury feared that the Television and technology would ruin children. Today, children don't read books anymore. They watch non-stop marathons on television. They play for hours on video games and computer games. Now when children want to read, they point a finger and the book reads to them. This technology will lead us to become lazy and uneducated like the world in Fahrenheit. I will admit that even though it may not be seen now, Ray Bradbury's idea of the future can become a reality if the people continue to depend on technology.

Burn, Baby, Burn: Fahrenheit 451

After reading Fahrenheit 451, it opened my eyes to many ideas. Are we going to end up like the society in Fahrenheit? Do I question everything? Do I want to learn or try to learn the truth? Am I truly happy? These are some of the questions I asked myself while reading. This book truly opened my eyes to the truth in knowledge and life.
The question of our society occurred when I was reading about the book burnings. They seemed to burn it because it held knowledge. People burn books today because it has knowledge that they don't understand. Take Hitler and his public book burnings. He wanted to destroy the ideas of one thing and replace it with another. Books will always give us knowledge but in our society we chose not to read them. Instead we have television, radio, IPhone, etc. to entertain or teach us. Ray Bradbury's fear of technology taking over is stated in this book. The robot dogs that can track and kill you scare the living daylights out of me. Will it be in the future, I am afraid about being found by a robotic monster that will never lose my scent and will never stop till it kills me? The way our technology is going, we will have something like that. In the future our future may become a place full of technology that will only lead to our demise.
The other questions about happiness, questioning, and searching for the truth are still unanswered in my opinion. The happiness shown in the book is only happiness out of ignorance. Mildred is a prime example. She is only happy with the life as what has been told to her. She doesn't know anything about the outside world. It really puts the truth in the phrase "Ignorance is Bliss". I have to ask myself if I am truly happy at what I know or do or am I only happy with what people tell me to do like Mildred? Also questioning like Clarisse did when she was questioning about the things the government has told her. She questions everything because of the knowledge she gains from books. From reading about Clarisse, I begin to think about myself. I seem to not question anything anymore in life? I accept everything at face value and I don't search for the truth anymore? Now after reading Fahrenheit, all I seem to do is question every little tiny detail.
Reading Fahrenheit 451 was surprisingly one of my favorite books because it made me question everything. All those questions are helping me make my life better. I also know that these books everlasting questions can help all of us make sure our society becomes ignorant and cruel like the one in this classic sci-fi novel.