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Examples Of Happiness In Fahrenheit 451

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In the novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Many people do not realize that they are distracted from true happiness. A lot of individuals think that they are happy but their actions prove the opposite. Distractions for example are, Montag reads books even though he should not, It also can be as simple as saying “ I don’t care” like Montag’s wife Mildred does. Is it truly happiness, fun, and games or is everything just a distraction from being unhappy? One of the characters in this book, Mildred, A careless wife who does not care about anyone else but herself, has been going through some personal problems. One of these “problems” is her relationship with her husband Montag. Montag distracts himself from reality by reading books. Whenever …show more content…

said Mildred. This revealed that she rather walk away and not fix things and be happy. She says she does not care and creates more problems in their relationship instead of making things better. Her not caring about Montag stops Montag from being truly happy because he has to deal with his and her problems since she does not care about anything. In the novel Ray Bradbury writes, “ It is because we're having so much fun at home … it is because we're rich and the rest of the world is poor and we just don't care if they are. I’ve heard rumors that the world is starving but we're all well fed” Montag (pg.73). Montag seems to be realizing that there are some serious things going on around him. It is not fun and games that is just a distraction. Overall in the book, it reveals that people are distracted from truly being happy. When they start to realize it, it is ignored. Some may say the characters in this book are happy,but for example, others may say if Montag continues to read books, he will truly stay happy as long as the books are there. What these people do not know is that these books are a distraction from reality and the characters know it. Bradbury states, “ Well, look at Mr. Montag, he wants to, I know he does, and if we listen nice, Mr. Montag will be happy…” Mrs. Phelps (Pg. 98). Bradbury made it in a way difficult to realize this book because they do not really seem unhappy,but

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