An Ominous Future
~Ray Bradbury
Hello readers! My novel, Fahrenheit 451 is a science fiction novel. Though it is fictional, I would like to say that it is very possible for our society to go in the same direction. The government runs my society in a totalitarian manner where the government has complete control and censorship of the people. The people in this society are addicted to the televisions that are the size of walls in some cases. People in my society do not like to read and actually burn the books. (This is a common practice in my corrupt society, book burnings.) The technology though is becoming much more advanced. However, with such a society, many people, especially the youth, is becoming very rebellious. They disobey the government and often pay a punishment. In addition, people’s health is very poor – many people suffer from health problems and simply weak bodies from excessive television watching periods. All of these factors are happening in the current society of the United States. People are becoming addicted to the ever increasing technology such as computers, social media, games, and much more. Our technology is growing exponentially and will soon reach things that people thought impossible. Similarly, the