What Is Suffering In Fahrenheit 451

The Wisdom Behind Struggle and Suffering Imagine every moment oneself struggled or suffered with something at some point in oneselves life, it led to wisdom in either the near or far future. One of the stories in our collection, “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, focuses on censorship, struggling/suffering, and wisdom. Struggling and suffering can lead to wisdom in the following ways; avoiding negative emotions doesn’t make one happy, true learning and knowledge involves struggling to understand, and finally, some things are worth fighting/dying for. The struggle of avoiding negative emotions doesn’t make one happy leads to wisdom because in the story “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, Bradbury illustrates this futuristic society that only

For instance in the story “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, the main character Montag had the job of burning houses and books (his job was referred to as a “firefighter”). It was against the law to read or behold books. Montag was on a call to burn this lady’s house down when curiously and subconsciously he took a book from the house without anyone seeing. This led to Montag reading the book and struggling to understand it and why they were forbidden. He seeks a philosopher named Faber who leads him in the direction of understanding books as pieces of life rather than just word on a paper. Faber specifically says “The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are.”(Bradbury 82) What Faber means is that books teach readers lessons, morals, fear, bravery, confidence, imagination, etc. Books have endless discoveries but since they’re forbidden in this story it takes a while for Montag to understand them due to him not being introduced to such knowledge. Which involves his struggle to find

Bradbury wrote in his story “Fahrenheit 452” how Montag, main character, goes on a call (he’s a firefighter) to go burn this lady’s house down due to the fact she possesses books. In the story books aren’t allowed which is why firefighters burn them. The lady who owned the house didn’t want to leave her books to burn. Montag said “You can come with me.” (Bradbury 36) The lady replied, “No, thank you anyway.” (Bradbury 36) The lady couldn’t live without her books. Montag didn’t understand that until the end of the story when he is overwhelmed with knowledge about books and discovers that books are life itself. This relates to struggle/suffering leads to wisdom because Montag originally didn’t understand why the lady chose to die with her books but he came to conclusion that books are very