Happiness Uncovered In Fahrenheit 451
True Happiness Uncovered Guy Montag has a story like any other character in a novel. Living in a society where human interactions aren’t all that popular and where books are not even legal, Montag must find his source of happiness. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, tells Montag’s story through the ideas of others and how they have or haven’t found happiness. Everyone deserves to be happy, even if that means going against society's rules. Clarisse, a friend of Montag’s, was his first insight to becoming fulfilled with his life again. She was open about her and her family's habits even though they were against the law and he was a fireman, someone who enforced the law. But he didn’t care, his eyes had been opened by his new friend Clarisse.
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Throughout his dialect, Beatty uses irony and many other things to sort of captivate and almost trick Montag into thinking that burning books was a good thing. Beatty, at one point in his life had loved books, but when they were banned, he changed his happiness for society. “'We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought,” (Bradbury 59) Beatty states that being a fireman is an important job and going against his duty would just be wrong. Montag learns from Beatty that you can’t let society control your happiness and you should fight for the things you are entitled too. Montag knew he must make himself …show more content…
He follows the river and abandoned railroad tracks until he meets Granger. His third and final interaction on his quest for happiness is about to begin. Granger is the leader of a society hiding on the outskirts of town. The secret society is called the “Book People” and they have come a long way from where they started. They have found their happiness by rebelling and are now asking Montag to join them. They fought for their happiness and Montag knows it is what he must do. All his options and this was the best one. He becomes a member of their group ready to feel complete once more. Next, Granger has made the decision, “Come on now, we're going to go build a mirror factory first and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long look in them,” (Bradbury 157). Granger has this idea that if they produce mirrors, people will begin to see themselves for what they are and for what will make them happy as individuals which in turn will cause them to fight for what is right, creating happiness for everyone. Four hundred and fifty-one degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature at which paper ignites and burns, is something firemen are supposed to live by. Montag, a fireman with a passion for knowledge, changes that. He decides he needs to find happiness or live without it and many people help in finalizing his decision to stay with the “Book
Throughout his dialect, Beatty uses irony and many other things to sort of captivate and almost trick Montag into thinking that burning books was a good thing. Beatty, at one point in his life had loved books, but when they were banned, he changed his happiness for society. “'We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought,” (Bradbury 59) Beatty states that being a fireman is an important job and going against his duty would just be wrong. Montag learns from Beatty that you can’t let society control your happiness and you should fight for the things you are entitled too. Montag knew he must make himself …show more content…
He follows the river and abandoned railroad tracks until he meets Granger. His third and final interaction on his quest for happiness is about to begin. Granger is the leader of a society hiding on the outskirts of town. The secret society is called the “Book People” and they have come a long way from where they started. They have found their happiness by rebelling and are now asking Montag to join them. They fought for their happiness and Montag knows it is what he must do. All his options and this was the best one. He becomes a member of their group ready to feel complete once more. Next, Granger has made the decision, “Come on now, we're going to go build a mirror factory first and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long look in them,” (Bradbury 157). Granger has this idea that if they produce mirrors, people will begin to see themselves for what they are and for what will make them happy as individuals which in turn will cause them to fight for what is right, creating happiness for everyone. Four hundred and fifty-one degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature at which paper ignites and burns, is something firemen are supposed to live by. Montag, a fireman with a passion for knowledge, changes that. He decides he needs to find happiness or live without it and many people help in finalizing his decision to stay with the “Book