Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury How plausible is the future envisioned in this novel? The large screen televisions are believable - in fact, technology is currently leaning towards 48, 56" TVs that nearly fill up the whole wall. When this book was written, it seemed like an obscure possibility that TVs would ever be that big. The Seashell earphones are like CD players. People can be listening to them in one ear and having a somewhat normal interaction with …
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…problem in half and hour. Look,' - he started for the door - 'we gotta go. Just had another call on the old ear thimble. Ten blocks from here. Someone else just jumped off the cap of a pillbox.'" The people in the book are not happy, even though they have everything they want. The government controls people with Seashell Earphones that brainwash them with government tainted media messages all day, every day.