Fahrenheit 451: similarities with American societyFahrenheit 451 is a science fiction book that still reflects our current world. Bradbury does a good job predicting what the world would look like in the future; the future of his time and ours as well. The society Bradbury describes is, in many ways, similar to the one we live in today. We always demand more advanced machines and, in the past, we have become a much more technological society. Lately, more and more people not only want more technology, but also want it to be faster. Things like faster computers, faster Internet connections, better cell phone connections, pagers, more powerful cars, voice mail, Palm drivers, etc. are increasingly in demand. People don't want to waste any more time. We want things to get done faster without much effort. We want things to take less time to do so we can have more time for other things. Their society is exactly like ours. In addition to having advanced technological machines, they also have much higher speed limits, so people can get where they want much faster. Clarisse and Montag make it clear to the reader that they live in a rapidly changing world when they first meet. Before Clarisse runs into her house, they notice how fast drivers go and "don't know what grass or flowers are because they never see them slow," she says. “If you showed a driver a green blur, Oh yes! He said, it's weed! It's a rose garden! The white blurs are cows. My uncle drove slowly on a highway and they detained him for two days. '"(9). Their speed limit is so high that everything they see seems blurry. They never see objects; they only see colors. Our speed limit is not as high as the theirs, but people generally go much faster than the speed limit Another reason their society mirrors the one we live in is that people there are becoming increasingly violent towards each other. that she is “afraid of children my age. They kill each other... Last year alone, six of my friends were shot. Ten of them died in car accidents. I'm afraid of them and they don't." I don't love myself because I'm afraid" (30).