Many of the actions in peoples" daily lives are made with good intentions, but the .
When someone tries to fix one thing, another thing can get ruined. In the science fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, one individual attempts to change the society's perspective on the idea of censoring books. This was an action that turned into disaster. In the story, a fireman named Guy Montag can't stand going to work every day to burn books. He decides to quit his job, read many books, and share his knowledge with the society he lives in. The social order Bradbury creates in this novel is one which depends on technology and materialistic items, but cannot realize that the importance of thought is what they really need in their daily lives. .
Thought is the one expression of free will that a person cannot be deprived of without his or her consent. Bradbury applies the importance of thought to Montag's society when he writes, " " I don't talk things sir," said Faber. "I talk the meaning of things""(75). Faber introduces Montag to the true nature of thought, or lack there of in his community. In Montag's society thought is the minority because most individuals focus on materialistic items. Montag begins to understand the value of thought when he reflects upon his encounter with the old woman. Bradbury writes, " "You weren't there, you didn't see, [. . . . ] There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in her burning house"" (51). This quote demonstrates Montag's refuse to accept his thoughtless society. The woman who Montag is discussing would rather die with her books than live in a society where thoughts, not books, are truly banned. If one is given the gift of thought, then there is no reason that he or she should not use it. .
Technology is like brain cancer; it takes over one cell and then slowly spreads into others until it takes complete control of everything so that the victim cannot think.
