farhenheit 451
I read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, which is a novel full of symbols criticizing the modern world. Among those symbols appears The Hound. The Hound's actions and even its shape are reflections of the society Bradbury has predicted to come. Montag's world continues on without thought; without any real reason. There is no learning, no growth, and no purpose. "The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in the dark corner of the firehouse" (24), wrote Bradbury to describe this hound. Like the hound, society was alive yet dead as well, drudging through life; mindless. The Hound was a programmed robot that didn't think on its own; that only acted as it was told. Captain Beatty states, "It just 'functions'. It has a trajectory we decide on for it. It follows through. It targets itself, homes itself, and cuts off. Its only copper wire, storage batteries, and electri
The school board rings a bell, and students rise to show respect for the American flag because "now is the designated time to be patriotic, and you will or face consequences". There was no compassion for life as Mildred makes apparent by stating "It's fun out in the country. Here Mildred tells Montag to take the car out and hit animals to relieve stress and anxiety. That society was programmed to not think, wonder or ask why. When it attacks its victim, it injects lethal doses of morphine, causing the person to experience drowsiness and fall into a deep relaxing sleep, unaware that they will never wake up. Today, everything is happening just as The Hound is controlled. You hit rabbits, sometimes you hit dogs. Today, the computer games, television programs, and other such entertainment possesses more attention than family members, creating a void where once lay family value, and important family time. He rang a bell; the dogs salivated expecting food. Bradbury's society hasn't the time, nor the desire, to actually learn or better themselves. The perversion of Montag's society was eminent in the appearance of the Mechanical Hound. Paralleling this society is The Hound. We're robots in the programmed society. This is a very good book which describes the bad side of our society and how might it turn out.
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