The theme throughout the novel is that the reader is presented with a conflict between knowledge and ignorance,and how it also ties with the characterization that Ray Bradbury gives to represent the society better as a whole. What does true happiness consist of? Is Ignorance bliss, or does knowledge and learning provide true happiness? Montag, in his belief that knowledge reigns, fights against a society that embraces and celebrates ignorance. Clarisse arouses Montag's curiosity and begins to help him discover that real happiness has been missing from his life for quite some time. The characterization shapes the theme because of how in the book the characters all represents a role in the society.
The first reason is that after he became friends with Clarisse, Montag finds himself unable to accept the society he lives in now, but believing life is more complete than being in a house not knowing anything about the world outside and being ignorant. I support this because in the book Fahrenheit 451 on page 8 it states
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This is incorporated because of how Beatty provides an argument to represents society needs to to be ignorant to be happy. One reason that they burn books is because they have content that offends the "minorities" in their civilization. Everyone was offended by something in the books, so, burning them makes it so that people don't have to read "offensive" material. For example, Beatty states, "Someone's written a book on tobacco and cancer of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Burn the book." So many people found something offensive that all books should just be burned so that people can be happy; and that is where the firemen come in. And, this is true of our society. Today, books are banned from schools. We have to be careful not to offend minority groups, and many of our laws, books, and media are centered around not offending