Fahrenheit 451 Technology Quotes

Montag questions his love for Mildred, and hers in return. He realizes that if Mildred were to die, he would not even be sad. All she seems to care about is her ‘family.’ When they try to remember when, where, and how they met [and realize they can’t remember], Montag starts to realize that he is in a loveless marriage.

Montag sums up their relationship by thinking “Well, wasn’t there a wall between him and Mildred, when you came down to it? Literally not just one wall but, so far, three!” (Bradbury 41). Mildred is completely isolated from Montag due to her reliance on technology! Her isolation is also shown in the way she interacts with friends.

This demonstrates how Mildred has become so focused on the “family” and has become one-dimensional by society’s strict rules that she will go against her husband, who she is supposed to be committed to by means of marriage. When Montag escapes from the Hound and the city is destroyed by the war, he recalls that Mildred is in a hotel city and thinks to himself, “It’s strange, I don’t miss her, it’s strange I don’t feel much of anything,” (148). This shows their disconnection from each other, and how they no longer have a desire for each other. The examples of Mildred and Montag’s cold, disconnected marriage prove that technology has invaded their relationship and destroyed

This exemplifies how Mildred does not confront her feelings. Instead, she drives very quickly and tries to numb herself from the pain. She ends up screaming and going fast thinking it will help her but she is just destroying herself. She even advised Montag to “Go take the beetle” (Bradbury 61) when he was angry.

Montag tries to have a conversation with Mildred concerning the previous night but she doesn’t appear to be interested, “‘Will you turn the parlor off?’ he asked. ‘That’s my family.’” (46) Mildred responds to Montag’s simple request of turning off the parlor in a reluctant tone.

In this scene, Mildred, Montag's wife, cared more about the screen in front of her, than her husband. Mildred is a prime example of being brainwashed, and it’s not just in this instance. She is shown again displaying unusual behavior during another conversation with her husband. In this scene, Montag asks Mildred to tell him where they met, and her response was this, “Funny, how funny, not to remember where or when you met your husband or wife.” (pg 40).

Mildred is an average member of society who is oblivious to the absurd reality she lives in. She also doesn’t understand Montag’s growing fascination with books. As Montag begins to realize that he is not content with his life, he admits to his loneliness and thinks, “He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as the true state of affairs.

Clarisse questions Montag about his contentment and the worth of his employment and makes Montag give himself a self-assessment. Beatty is the chief of the fire station where Montag works, Beatty is authoritative

Montag tries to see the scene out of the woman’s eyes, thinking that “there must be something there.” He looks at the issue from different perspectives, but he can not find an easy answer right away, which just made him think more. Montag seems determined to understand the situation by insisting that there “must be” something there; this

Mildred struggles with not acknowledging her real family, Guy Montag, and seeing her technology as her ‘real’ family. When Montag was under arrest by the firing squad, Mildred was leaving to get away from everything. As she was leaving she said, “Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything is gone now…”(108) Mildred was referring to the technology in the house and not her husband, Montag. Mildred always wants her ‘family’ to

Mildred did not like Montag changing and finally said something about all the books he has had. As people can see from reading Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, he uses devise to show individuality and sameness. Montag has changed his whole life because he met a wonderful girl who helped him see color and not just darkness. He now sees the things that not everyone in his society has.

Mildred had just turned in her husband, and is going to have her house burned down. The only thing she cares about is her television. Mildred had truly lost everything, her husband, her friends, and her home. To Mildred, she lost her one “everything”, and that was her television, her only

The difference between Mildred and Montag is most evident in their contradicting thoughts

Montag is not able to speak with Mildred. He wonders how he can even communicate with her, “‘Wasn’t there an old joke about the wife who talked so much on the telephone that her desperate husband ran out to the nearest store and telephoned her to ask her what was for dinner? Well, then, why didn’t he buy himself an audio-Seashell broadcasting station and talk to his wife late at night... But what would he whisper, what would he yell? What could he say?’”

He claimed he did not know anything about Clarisse’s death, but he does mention that he kept a record on her and that, “The poor girl is better off dead.” (Bradbury, 58) If he was keeping such a close record on her, it would be easy for him to find a way to kill her. He did not want her around any more because they were suspicious that she had been reading. It is impossible to know for certain if Beatty was involved in Clarisse’s death, but it is certain that Beatty would not have been able to make the speech to Montag without being intelligent. From what he said, he knows quite a lot about books.