Ray Bradbury’s Outlook of the Future Just by reading the first few lines of the opening paragraph of Fahrenheit 451, we get the feeling of a dystopia right away. Firemen burning books, instead of putting out fires that start in homes. Who ever heard of that? This is crazy thinking right off the start, yet Bradbury carries us through as if we are travelers to this time and place. We are the unseen eyes that …showed first 75 words of 735 total…

…showed last 75 words of 735 total…of the dangers that lurk ahead if we keep on continuing to rely on technology and machines, and forget the old ways of doing things, like reading, and go onto easier ways such as the wall-sized TV. Bradbury wants to keep us alert, keep our eyes peeled on the future and hope it isn’t as bleak as his dystopic world. Fahrenheit 451 is truly and “eye opener” for the human mind… it makes you think.