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Finding Happiness In Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

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True happiness is a world without books. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury was written originally as a short story called "The Firemen" and was published by Galaxy Science fiction in 1950; he later expanded the story into a novel titled Fahrenheit 451 published in 1953. This novel is still astonishing, seeing that it was written in 1950 yet it talks about the technology we have today. Because of this novel we can see that we, as humans, can have an idea that can progress to something real and amazing. That we as people have great strengths and knowledge that we do not even know till we push are mind set to the limits. Bradbury uses hidden meanings through the book for the reader to really understand the values of what the true interpretation of the novel is.
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To find what happiness is, one must grow and learn. As we see things and think that’s when we find what makes us happy. Everyone at one point has thought about what makes them happy, "Are you happy?" that’s what Clarisse asked Montag in Fahrenheit 451(Bradburg7). We as people need to think what true happiness is for us. No doubt, happiness is not having all the money or everything we want. If we had everything we could ever want "it would only be a matter of time before your expectations change.." (Acacia Parks). What makes us happy, is the work we put in not what we are given, but the journey. In other words, Defining happiness is hard, because there is not a true definition of happiness. If there was one, it would have to say "Happiness is by defining what is not" (Kenneth Benjamin). Pleasure, wants, money, none of that is happiness. Happiness is what we strive to achieve, what we work hard for and we finally have succeed. To watch are selves reach our potential. Overall, happiness is the growth of a person, the journey they take, and final results of all the arduous

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