Are We Happy In Fahrenheit 451

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Are we happy? That is a question that I think we should all consider. We could all be slightly happy, for a moment, but gloomy otherwise, or we can be eternally happy and in a good mood. We need to consider our circumstances and how we are doing in the society. We can also compare our society to that of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I think that the characters in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury are not happy in general because they have no knowledge of their own feelings and they are not able to control what they do. I think that the characters in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury are not happy in general because they don’t know whether or not they are happy. This may sound silly, but think about it. Mildred never really cared much about Guy or anything he did, unless she was off her parlor TV. The firemen just did their job, no matter what happened, never complaining, or anything. I can connect this book to The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick, because the societies in both books were unhappy and unable to do anything about it. Both of them had a character who rebels against the society, with or without help from others, while seeking a better place.…show more content…
For example, Guy wasn’t the one to choose his job as a fireman. Also, Clarisse told Guy that “[my] uncle was arrested another time—did I tell you?—for being a pedestrian. Oh, we’re most peculiar.” (Bradbury, 9-10) society is so limited; they can’t even be pedestrians without being told that it’s against the

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