Happy. Sad. Angry. They are all a name for the emotions humans feel at various points of their lives. Individuals strive to happiness, avoid sadness and control anger. The path to happiness is not an easy one, nor avoiding the other unpleasurable states of emotions. “A state of well-being and contentment” is how Merriam-Webster defines happiness. Happiness helps achieve a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction in one’s life. And without happiness, the world would look black and white; simply dystopian and meaningless. As demonstrated in both Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451 and in reality, people can take different approaches to search for happiness and that is acceptable until it begins to take a toll.
The struggle for happiness can …show more content…
Is it wrong to pursue happiness? After all, the United States of America was founded on the basis of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." However sometimes, society can take the wrong turn in pursuing this happiness. For example, Ray Bradbury criticizes how society seeks to achieve happiness throughout his novel. In one particular scene about Montag’s capture, “A voice cried, ‘There’s Montag!’ The innocent man stood bewildered…’The search is over, Montag is dead” (142), a character in the book was being chased by society but they would not admit they lost track of him, Montag, and used a scapegoat in replacement. However, this is nothing more than a mild entertainment for citizens which they would soon get bored of. The fact they killed an innocent man for the citizen’s entertainment show how Bradbury thought of society even back …show more content…
It is well-justifiable and undeniable that within the race called homo sapiens, lays a concept called happiness which all try to meet. To achieve that common goal, humanity has gone through several lengths, both valiant approaches and those that are frowned upon. And although it is not inappropriate to join the endeavor for this euphoric feeling, the means of how an individual or a society may choose to attain it is important. There are both positive and negative effects in result of this search which one has to constantly be aware of. To be able to understand and take suitable actions is several folds harder than simply going for the raw objective of happiness. At the very least, think about how one’s happiness may be affecting another life and be conscious of the world around us to help prevent cases of inexcusable expenses placed upon another in the pursuit. Granting life may be relentless, just as there are laws in the name of safety, there are restrictions in the path to
The struggle for happiness can …show more content…
Is it wrong to pursue happiness? After all, the United States of America was founded on the basis of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." However sometimes, society can take the wrong turn in pursuing this happiness. For example, Ray Bradbury criticizes how society seeks to achieve happiness throughout his novel. In one particular scene about Montag’s capture, “A voice cried, ‘There’s Montag!’ The innocent man stood bewildered…’The search is over, Montag is dead” (142), a character in the book was being chased by society but they would not admit they lost track of him, Montag, and used a scapegoat in replacement. However, this is nothing more than a mild entertainment for citizens which they would soon get bored of. The fact they killed an innocent man for the citizen’s entertainment show how Bradbury thought of society even back …show more content…
It is well-justifiable and undeniable that within the race called homo sapiens, lays a concept called happiness which all try to meet. To achieve that common goal, humanity has gone through several lengths, both valiant approaches and those that are frowned upon. And although it is not inappropriate to join the endeavor for this euphoric feeling, the means of how an individual or a society may choose to attain it is important. There are both positive and negative effects in result of this search which one has to constantly be aware of. To be able to understand and take suitable actions is several folds harder than simply going for the raw objective of happiness. At the very least, think about how one’s happiness may be affecting another life and be conscious of the world around us to help prevent cases of inexcusable expenses placed upon another in the pursuit. Granting life may be relentless, just as there are laws in the name of safety, there are restrictions in the path to