Ray Bradbury and His Imagination

Ray Bradbury was motivated to write Fahrenheit 451, when he started learning about Hitler and the Nazis. They would burn books so people couldn't read, so as a result wouldn't as smart as those who had already read the books. Bradbury began reading when he was three. He fell in love with comics and cartoons. I think that the combination of this and his knowledge of the Hitler situation created Fahrenheit. In the intervews Bradbury seems very imaginative and creative. The futuristic technology in Fahrenheit is sparked by the imagination and creativity.

Bradbury could be accurate but his literature affected people so much that fiction became a reality. It could be accurate because Hitler burned books and doesn't history repeat itself? Bradbury's imagination was advanced for the 1950s. In the 50s few people were watching tv and if they were it was on tiny screen in black and white. That right there already makes me think that people who read this book were amazed at thinking what the future could hold. If burning books to hide history was the future, then one would think people would also be scared for future.

All in all, I feel that Fahrenheit 451 really makes you think what the future has in store for us.

Star Trek

We can relate to Star Trek 45 years later. The technology in the episode is kind of where we are now. Even though we can't teleport anywhere, the communication devices they used are basically our cellphones today. The zenon gas or whatever it was called is like pollution today. The gas affected the characters in Star Trek by making them act not smart, and the pollution is killing the enviroment. Also the theme of trust is relatable today. In Star Trek the girl, whose name I cannot remeber, did not trust the captain. Today we see this in everything, whether it be in school or at home.
Gene Roddenberry's creative imagination and the existing technology, I think, both influenced the ideas for new technology. Scienists were probably looking at the existing technology and thought this would be better if this happened. Roddenberry's creative imagination probably sparked new ideas for scientists to try. Star Trek is based in space, and the episode aired in 1966. We went to the moon in 1969.