Fahrenheit 451

The TV parlours in Mildred’s life are very similar to TV and social networks of today. Mildred becomes enthralled in television so much that she wants to make an entire room in the house covered with TV’s, which many guys would love to do for football Sundays. The value of the dollar that it costs for it to be put in doesn’t matter to her, and why should it? Putting the TV into her house would just aid in her addiction and lets her be with her family! She talks about how the people on the shows are a part of her life and that they are her family, basically because she has disconnected herself from the real world entirely. So how is this similar to TV and social networking today? Facebook, Twitter, and even through the use of mobile phones—that have the internet or app for whatever you are looking for—allows people to get their daily fix of what is going on with the people and world around them. This isn’t any different from what Mildred is doing either, she just sits in her TV parlour and becomes alive because she is with her family. That is one thing that is different from society today, you never hear people talking about a television show or a social network as their own or that they associate themselves with it like it’s their family, you would be considered crazy if you did that! Yes everyone today has their favorite TV shows, I am guilty of that as well, but no one, especially people that I know, talk about their favorite show as the people being their family. The thoughts and feelings of the actors are the same thoughts and feelings that Mildred experiences because she lives her life through the TV. Many TV shows today portray their thoughts and feelings through technology but not everyone agrees with them, and others may be swayed to agree because they see it on TV.

Overall I would say that the TV parlours in Mildred’s life are similar to TV’s and social networking today. Many people in today’s society have a connection to a TV show, sports team, or even their Twitter and Facebook that can be compared to Mildred’s obsession, just not on the same level. I mean I guess that there are people out there that could be like this I obviously just don’t know any of them.