Happiness In Fahrenheit 451

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” (Dalai Lama). This quote directly defines how happiness is created within the two texts because it implies that happiness is self-made. When comparing the two, it is clear that both Bradbury and Rabin believe that people would be happier if they insisted upon more affable conversations. This is made evident in Fahrenheit 451 when Clarisse points out that Montag has a strange way of conversing because he does not think before he speaks (Bradbury 7). Similarly, Rabin discusses that happiness is derived from deep and meaningful conversations that enable lasting, intimate relationships. Likewise, Clarisse and Montag's relationship defines Montag's happiness and helps him realize that the life

The society in Fahrenheit 451 lacks love, faith, and happiness because it lacks relationships. Rabin suggests that relationships are the key to happiness because human beings naturally thrive off of human interactions and finding their purpose. Subsequently, one can presume that happiness is similar in both texts because they imply that happiness in self-made. “Everyone wants happiness; nobody wants pain, but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.” (Unknown). Incidentally, Bradbury and Rabin's ideas differ in that Bradbury insists that the novel's society bases their lives around false happiness; however, Rabin suggests that true happiness is defined through “discussing the sate of the world and the meaning of life”. In Fahrenheit 451, the majority society thinks that they are happy