(AGG): “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your actions”, said the Dalai Lama. (BS-1): In the dystopian city presented in the novel Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury, citizens are miserable due to their absence of human interaction and relationships, yet they are convinced that they are happy. (BS-2): This is shown through how the majority of people who lack this key to happiness are evidently miserable. (BS-3): Very few people are happy and are leading a fulfilled life due to them still having the key to happiness. (TS): To feel true happiness, and be content with life, people need true human interaction and relationships.
(MIP-1): Members of society in this city are not truly happy due to their lack of human interaction, but they have been brainwashed and
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Clarisse asks him, “Are you happy?” (7). Montag initially dismisses this silly question because, of course, he is happy. Why would he not be? He watches television and burns. He soon realizes that this is far from the truth. “He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as the true state of affairs. He wore his happiness like a mask, and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask” (9). Montag accepts that happiness is but an illusion formed by the government in hopes of making mindless machines. Humans are not able to find out why they are not happy because they live in their little shells, surrounded by technology. They never talk to each other and do not have relationships. (SIP-B): Similarly, others in society including Montag's wife, and Beatty are convinced that they are happy, even though they are not. (STEWE-1): Montag's wife, Mildred is happy. She does not have true human relationships or interactions and this is not unusual for her. Mildred’s life mostly consists of watching television and overdosing on drugs. Usually, “in her