Education In Fahrenheit 451

Happiness is different for everyone, however, there is a general statement to be made about it. Happiness is an emotional and mental state of overall wellbeing, defined by pleasant emotions of content to pure joy. Happiness is an emotion that is individually achieved. Happiness in today’s society is often based on materialistic objects, which is shown also by the citizens’ in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, by their television walls and seashells. To begin, the contrast in happiness is shown through Mildred’s self-esteem and her friends unawareness of societal issues. Secondly, education shows contrast through the characters Beatty and Clarisse. Therefore, technology shows contrast by Mildred’s dependence on the television and the speed at which the citizens drive. In the novel, Fahrenheit …show more content…
To begin, Beatty makes excellent points about education that are prominently true, even today. During Beatty’s speech, he comments on education: “’School is shortened, discipline relaxed, philosophies, histories, languages dropped, English and spelling gradually neglected, finally almost completely ignored. Life is immediate, the job counts, pleasure lies all about after work” (53). Although school does care about these particular subjects today, it is not the point he is trying to get across. Students rush through the school system, to get a job and work. Society believes that once students get to a point where a job is secured, happiness is secured as well. Society focuses on discipline, philosophies and histories while we have to. After the point where students get out of the school system, we forget about those subjects and turn a blind eye on them, often enough figuring out that happiness is not secured with a job. Furthermore, Clarisse is compared to teens today and their thoughts on school. During a conversation with Montag, Clarisse