Q. Is it better to be ignorant and happy OR is it better to be aware, educated and disturbed at the world?
A. Writing from the perspective of Captain Beatty I would say that he would answer this question by saying it would be better to be ignorant and happy. I say this would be his answer because he is being blinded by his surroundings. He is trying to avoid the truth about the world and do the same with all the people. Beatty says “you must understand that our civilization is so vast that we can’t have our minorities upset and stirred. Ask yourself, what do people want in this country, above all? People want to be happy” Bradbury 59). “Happy” is the key word. A fireman’s job, in this time, is to make people happy and that’s what they do by burning ideas within the book. He also gives an example about making people happy and says “Someone’s written a book about tobacco and cancer of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Burn it” (Bradbury 59). This implies that firemen are hiding the cold hard facts just to make someone, who is not willing to accept them, happy. I personally think this is bad because they will be living lies all their lives. Montag used to live like this. Ever since he saw a woman burn with her books his life changed. It made him think more thoroughly and question what’s inside the books that people, like the woman, found so precious and intriguing.
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