Essay Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451

It is very interesting how a book can be published in the 1950's yet the author Ray Bradbury can make predictions that came true and are todays issues in society. Scientific fiction has always gotten that recognition of talking about something that has not been made yet in a matter of time it'll be a dream come true. Bradbury took his imagination to another level which is why he is known from his novel Fahrenheit 451. So some of the predictions he made were how members in Montag's society would be obsessed with their large flat screen TV's. As of today everyone has a plasma tv in their household, its not normal if you don't have a flat screen in your house. Ray Bradbury also talks about how everyone back then would enjoy reading and speaking to each other and now everyone is just so addicted to their electronics. I have to give him that, but what Bradbury doesn't speak about is how the society back in the 1950's would take newspapers and read while their large intestine was at work and now many go to the restroom with their phones so they can have something to read or watch while in the restroom. It's very interesting, Bradbury might have compared these old habits and thought of some up and coming technology that would have the same affect and I think any society is predictable if you have the imagination. Its very interesting how this man's writing would play such a big role in his novel. Bradbury uses a lot of symbolism and imagery and an example of this is the fire. The fire signifies as a symbol of destruction, it's weird how this story starts off with the book burning and next thing you now his whole city is burning. Another symbol are the mirrors and this represents when one is seeing his self reflection towards their lives. Ray really did a good job with his imagination maybe because during his era there was large mass productions of things he may of not expected to become a reality. Well Bradbury makes these characters extreme and non human because vacancy runs in ones life which is pretty weird and yet the bombs and the way society treats them just feels so unrealistic. To top this all off I just think this book was hands down good, and the predictions he makes are so accurate that I feel freaked out.