Theme Of Happiness In Fahrenheit 451

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"Are you happy?" "What is true happiness to you?" Bet you didn't know how to answer these questions. That being that these are questions not many of us actually put thought into. While reading the book "Fahrenheit 451," your mind will ponder the thought of happiness. The author Ray Bradbury really focuses the book on this idea of happiness he's created. The societies happiness is portrayed in an idea of living with a sitcom family, and dreams of adding on various walls sized televisions. People in this society do not have their own thoughts or do not express emotion. True happiness comes from acceptance of the situation and living life so you matter, make a difference and change the world somehow. The Fahrenheit 451 society seems utterly …show more content…

"The important thing for you to remember, Montag, is we're the Happiness Boys... you and I and the others. We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought. We have our fingers in the dike. Hold steady. Don't let the torrent of melancholy and drear philosophy drown our world." "Burn everything that causes feelings and will get your mind going," is what Beatty's mindset is; he thinks firemen should burn books to keep everything the way it is. The society lives on simple pleasures in life that do not require any thought once so ever. They forget their own problems with constantly watching TV. There's no time at all for thinking. However, it does not make peoples thoughts completely disappear; it only keeps their minds distracted all the time, so they forget. They aren't able to accept their feelings, making them have no way to be able to express …show more content…

While we have our own rights such as; the freedom of speech, freedom of thoughts, and freedom to be ourselves, you'd think we'd be making more of a difference as a whole country. However, we are not, many of us have the same mindset as the people in Fahrenheit 451's society. Millions of us sit in front of TV's for hours doing nothing, others play video games, or are on the computer. No one is enjoying our rights to freely think, we just go along with the crowd. We need to see changes in our society today, so we do not end up like the one in Fahrenheit

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