Fahrenheit 451 Theme

A theme that relates to Fahrenheit 451 includes: In the wrong hands, technology can be dangerous. This is shown very well in the first section of this book. Most of the ways technology is used has many ways of being dangerous. One way this is shown is on page 17, this says,"Maybe you took two pills and forgot and took two more, and forgot again and took two more, and were so dopey you kept right on until you had thirty or forty of them in you." This specific quote shows how having the ability to keep pills on you can be very dangerous. People can make bad decisions being able to have them and use them for the wrong purpose. In the book this quote is relating to Mildred and how taking so many pills can be dangerous and even lead to death. Through out the course of the entire book we are going to see many more examples that have to do with this specific theme and a few others.