He is large, round and soft - like a big baby…. The chair seems to be steering itself”. Stanton suggests that the people in the movie’s society cannot do anything for themselves by using a simile comparing the man to a baby. They have become completely dependent on technology the way a baby depends on its mother. This is further demonstrated a few moments later as Wally watches a man, John, flail on the ground, unable to stand up on his own without his chair. This scene captures the notion that people in the movie depend on technology more than anything. It is only through technology that the people are able to perform what we would consider simple tasks such as standing up. Similarly, in Fahrenheit 451 the people are depicted as depending on technology to live. When Mildred has her friends Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowels over, Montag becomes frustrated with the fact that they are indulging themselves in pointless
He is large, round and soft - like a big baby…. The chair seems to be steering itself”. Stanton suggests that the people in the movie’s society cannot do anything for themselves by using a simile comparing the man to a baby. They have become completely dependent on technology the way a baby depends on its mother. This is further demonstrated a few moments later as Wally watches a man, John, flail on the ground, unable to stand up on his own without his chair. This scene captures the notion that people in the movie depend on technology more than anything. It is only through technology that the people are able to perform what we would consider simple tasks such as standing up. Similarly, in Fahrenheit 451 the people are depicted as depending on technology to live. When Mildred has her friends Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowels over, Montag becomes frustrated with the fact that they are indulging themselves in pointless