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Fahrenheit 451 Empathy Quotes

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(MIP-2): Overexposure to technology causes a loss of empathy, both partial and near-total. (SIP-A): It is clear that society lacks empathy. (STEWE-1): We see a lack of humanity when Mildred says to Montag, "'See what you're doing? You'll ruin us! Who's more important, me or that Bible?'" (Bradbury 72). Mildred is self-centered and only worries about herself. She doesn’t think about others’ emotions and how they might feel, and she puts herself before the books that could help Montag regain his humanity. Mildred is the ideal member of society, and thus represents society as a whole. The rest of society is self-centered and unempathetic, and only worry about themselves. They place themselves and their needs before others and their needs. They …show more content…

When one of Mildred’s friends, Mrs. Bowles, rages and leaves, Montag tells her, "'Go home.' Montag fixed his eyes upon her, quietly. 'Go home and think of your first husband divorced and your second husband killed in a jet and your third husband blowing his brains out, go home and think of the dozen abortions you've had, go home and think of your damn Caesarean section, too, and your children who hate your guts! Go home and think how it all happened and what did you ever do to stop it?'" (Bradbury 98). We see that the people of society are unempathetic and feel no emotion towards anything. Mrs. Bowles has had three of her husbands killed in a variety of ways, and doesn’t think anything of it. She feels no emotion towards the deaths of her husband's, and has killed a dozen babies (through abortion) without any further thought. Just like Mildred, she is representative of the rest of society. Society lacks humanity and doesn’t find any emotion in the deaths of others, even ones close to them. The people of society carry on like nothing happened when their loved ones are killed, and feel no feeling towards the deaths of others. As long as they are alive, that’s all that matters to them. They are self-centered and unempathetic, and feel little to no emotion towards …show more content…

The "three White Cartoon Clowns chopped off each other's limbs to the accompaniment of immense incoming tides of laughter" (Bradbury 90). Mildred and her friends find the program hilarious, even though the clowns are having their limbs ripped off. They don’t feel any emotion, they just think it is incredibly funny and hysterical. The TVs are teaching them that the entertainment they provide is funny, and the parlors run the programs at the people so quickly they don’t have any time to feel emotions, and as a result find it funny. They have no empathy, and don’t understand how others feel, even if those others are on a TV. They feel no emotion for anyone. It is clear that technology is directly affecting their

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