Theme: Engaging with difficult and uncomfortable thoughts and experiences is the only route to true happiness.
Group Members: Sammi St. Arnold, Brian Whitney, Hannah Lea, Stephanie Schoenlein, and Evan Haas Bell 3
Events
1. Clarisse asks Montag if he's happy.
2. Montag realizes he's unhappy, and threatens to start reading books.
3. Montag meets Faber and realizes the power of reading/ learning
4. The firemen went to Montag's house.
5. Montag burns Beatty.
6. Montag meets Granger.
Quotes
1. "He was not happy. He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as the true state of affairs. He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there wa no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back." (Bradbury 12).
2. " 'If there was no war, if there was peace in the world, I'd say fine, have fun! But, Montag, you mustn't go back to being just a fireman. All isn't well with the world.' " (Bradbury 104).
3. " 'We all made the right kind of mistakes, or else we wouldn't be here.' " (Bradbury 150).
How it Relates
1. This theme is important to our understanding of the story because the story is based on a society that believes in the opposite, that thoughts and uncomfortable experiences actually diminish a person’s overall happiness, and have rules against people creating their own thoughts and opinions.
2. This connects to our society today because people are depressed and don’t realize that they have to deal with and engage in uncomfortable and difficult experiences is the only way to achieve true happiness. It is important to study and be aware of this theme so that we can grow and be happy in our daily lives, dealing with the hardships in our modern world.
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