They play games such as “Chicken” where two kids stand in front of a car and see who “chickens” out first. This is an extremely dangerous game as many kids would obviously die or get seriously injured. The children obviously don’t care about the consequences of their actions such as death proving that they are depressed. They don’t care if they die because there is nothing to live for in the society. These examples show how the children affected the society as a dystopia. Additionally, technology advances were also harmful to the citizens. They cause danger and distraction to the citizens in more ways than one. The Mechanical Hound portrays this when Beatty says, “It doesn’t like or dislike. It just ‘functions.’ It's like a lesson in ballistics. It has a trajectory we decide on for it.” (26). Beatty tells Montag that the Mechanical Hound operates the way the government decides. However, its main job is to find and kill people who are doing things that are against the law. Another innovation in the society is the “parlour walls” and “seashells” which describe real life inventions today. The “parlour walls” represent flat screen tv’s and the “seashells” portray
They play games such as “Chicken” where two kids stand in front of a car and see who “chickens” out first. This is an extremely dangerous game as many kids would obviously die or get seriously injured. The children obviously don’t care about the consequences of their actions such as death proving that they are depressed. They don’t care if they die because there is nothing to live for in the society. These examples show how the children affected the society as a dystopia. Additionally, technology advances were also harmful to the citizens. They cause danger and distraction to the citizens in more ways than one. The Mechanical Hound portrays this when Beatty says, “It doesn’t like or dislike. It just ‘functions.’ It's like a lesson in ballistics. It has a trajectory we decide on for it.” (26). Beatty tells Montag that the Mechanical Hound operates the way the government decides. However, its main job is to find and kill people who are doing things that are against the law. Another innovation in the society is the “parlour walls” and “seashells” which describe real life inventions today. The “parlour walls” represent flat screen tv’s and the “seashells” portray