How Does Beatty Create Happiness In Fahrenheit 451

“‘Serenity, Montag. Peace, Montag. Take your fight outside’” (Bradbury 63). This quote from Beatty perfectly describes Montag’s world, and our own. To keep people happy, eliminate all things that cause worry, regret, or sadness. The “frightening implication” made is that Bradbury describes what will happen to our nation soon if the act of censorship continues, that all things will be gone due to those who are offended by everything, and the “alarming resemblance” is that people are greatly disconnected due to technology, like how we are currently. First of all, the “frightening implication” described in F451 is that we will soon have everything worthy of dissatisfaction or strife destroyed. The book says, “‘Don't give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy’” (Bradbury 64). Here, Beatty is stating that if you give someone explanations for things they may question it and cause uncertainty, which seems to be dangerous in both their world and ours. In real life, we are given these explanations to solve our problems but people constantly seem unhappy because of it. They challenge what is known to them and start arguments, which is the root of unhappiness. In our world, people think you should just do what makes you happy, but different people react differently to different things. A time will soon come where everything that makes people dissatisfied

Montag experienced this before he met Clarisse, and he knew only what he was taught and did not think for himself. The “frightening implication” shown in F451 is that all ideas will, in time, vanish and the “alarming resemblance” is that everyone is so disconnected because of the impact technology has had on their lives. Therefore we must think for ourselves, have our own opinions, and actually talk to each other about