Amidst the hustle of one’s routine, a silent dilemma emerges: the ignorance of one’s own misery. Individuals maneuver like shadows in the light of custom and adherence, blind to the discontent within. This concept is captured in the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury where opinions are eliminated, and individuals are reduced to a shell of social expectation. The people of Fahrenheit 451 live a stimulating, repetitive life with no personal connections with those around them. With individual thoughts becoming sparse, society loses their spark; individuals rely on technology to produce a sense of purpose and life, furthermore leading to the increase reliance on technology and digital media. This is evident in our world today when people use popular media platforms to pass time and rely on media content to create their …show more content…
Thus, although everyone speaks the same language when it comes to happiness, different cultures distinguish the definition of happiness differently. For instance, in American culture where happiness is not measured in relationships but rather by achievements, people may think they are happy and not acknowledge their unhappiness because society has told them that their happiness correlates directly towards their level of success. Furthermore, in Fahrenheit 451, it is common for one’s environment to be surrounded by technology that “[lives] in the walls” where the only thing for the human mind to absorb are the sounds of “gibbering pack of tree-apes that said nothing.and said it loud” all equating to a “silly empty [person]” (Bradbury 41). As identified, even within Fahrenheit 451, the concept of one’s surroundings on one’s mental health is still applicable. Their environment is characterized by heavy use of technology.