Another theme in this story is technology. Bradbury is often accused of finding technology distasteful or negative. In an article in English Journal, Marvin E. Mengeling notes that Bradbury's "distrust of too much technology and mechanization" is a major theme in Dandelion Wine. In this novel, Green Town seems poised on the brink of a new age, one in which technology threatens to change human existence. Bradbury's attitude toward technology seems to be that people need to remember what is important in life.