![]() What were they going to do? Well, said Mildred, wait around and see" (41-42). Who was mad at whom? Mildred didn't quite know. 'Something must be done!' 'Yes, something must be done!' 'Well, let's not stand and talk!' 'Let's do it!' 'I'm so mad I could spit!' What was that all about? Mildred couldn't say. ![]() "And the uncles, the aunts, the cousins, the nieces, the nephews, that liven in those walls, the gibbering pack of tree-apes that said nothing, nothing, nothing and wait it loud, loud, loud.No matter when he came in, the walls were always talking to Mildred. They watch it day and night, whenever they have time, ignoring what is happening around them in favor of listening and watching the mindless "television family". In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag's wife, Mildred, and her numerous housewife friends are all entranced by their television walls. ![]() In both novels, many characters are completely infatuated with technology. The television walls in Fahrenheit 451 and the telescreens in 1984 control people’s minds by deadening it, controlling what they watch, or surveying their every move. Has your mom ever told you not to watch television too much because it is a bad influence? Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by George Orwell both share the common idea that technology is a mind-controlling device. ![]()
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