Black Bird Singing In The Dead of Night

Many older people that live within our community often joke about the role that television plays in the lives of the younger folks of the town, mostly teenagers. It is true that the world today is greatly influenced by what is seen on television, but in the stories of Fahrenheit 451, The Veldt, and Harrison Bergeron the role of the television in the home is dramatically different than in our society. The people in these communities rarely leave the rooms in which their television is located. People are able to interact with their televisions, which places them even closer to the heart o…