Relationships In Fahrenheit 451

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Fahrenheit 451 Essay Imagine a world where people are emotionless. There are no ups or downs in a person's life due to an obsession with the media, people don’t care about others due to selfishness, and people don’t know the real meaning of the word “family”. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury utilizes Mildred’s friends, Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Phelps, to show how disconnected society would become from society and family when surrounded by the media. Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Phelps are examples of how disconnected from society people become as a result of too much media. Unlike most people of the current world, Mrs. Bowles isn’t concerned about the fate of her county. Mrs. Bowles was talking about one of the presidential candidates when…show more content…
Phelps and Mrs. Bowles portray how disconnected society could become from their families as a result of too much media. Throughout the novel Mrs. Phelps had shown a disconnection towards her husband and doesn’t seem to care what happens to people she should love. When Mrs. Phelps is talking about her husband she says, “Be independent, we always said… if I get killed off you just go right ahead and don’t cry, but get married again, and don’t think of me” (95). This is very odd for a married couple to say because they are supposed to love each other. Obviously Mrs. Phelps doesn’t really love her husband because she wouldn’t defiantly be upset if he died. Instead she would find another husband like nothing had even happened. She treats her husband not as someone she loves, but uses him just for her to say she has a husband. Similar to Mrs. Phelps, Mrs. Bowles does not care about her family. When Mrs. Bowles is storming out of Montag’s house after Montag read the poem, she says, “You want to visit my house and my `family, ` well and good” (101). Mrs. Bowles refers to her television set as her “family”. This means that she has emotional value or respect for her real family, so her T.V. is much more important to her. Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles show how society could end up is people become victims of a media obsession In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury utilizes Mildred’s friends, Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Phelps, to show how the disconnection people could inherit if society is subjected to a media overdose. Both Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Phelps both do not care about their society or family. Both women represent the future of society if by too much media. If Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles had these disconnections, it could happen to
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