Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, believes that in order to live a happy life you must try new things, meet new people and just live freely. We know this because he uses Clarisse as an example of happiness in their world. In the book everybody in their day to day lives, live like they are happy, but they are actually quite unhappy. Everybody in this book is wrapped up in their materialistic items and their fancy new stuff, when Ray Bradbury tries to show that you don’t need all they need is to just be happy and live your life! In the book Montag says to Clarisse, “what do you do, go around and try everything once? sometimes twice” (19). He shows that you just need to try new things and try to be genuinely happy and just kind of be a free spirit. Another way that Bradbury thinks you have to live a happy life is to just not worry about other people or other things and just do what makes you happy. As long as you just worry about yourself, according to bradbury, you should be very happy. Beatty says, " ... a little learning is a dangerous thing. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again" (102). Ray Bradbury meant by this that in order to live a happy life is to not know what is going on and just do what you think is best for you to be happy. Some people don’t agree with this and they would say that knowledge is the key to sucess, but according to Ray Bradbury all you need to do is just be happy with your life and don’t worry about anything else.
What I Think
What do I think it takes to live a happy life? Well I agree with Ray Bradbury somewhat, but i also disagree on other stuff as well. I agree with the fact that you need to try everything at least once, and that you just need to be happy with yourself and your life. I disagree with the fact that you don't need to worry about what's going on in the world, because you do need to know that stuff, but I do agree with him saying that you need to try everything once and be happy. Ray Bradbury used the quote, “what do you do, go around and try everything once? sometimes twice” (19). I showed this quote above, but this quote just goes to show that if you are brave, if you aren't scared to get out of your comfort zone, and if you just get up and try new stuff you'll be happy. I agree with this 100%. Nothing is better than the feeling of adrenaline pumping through your body! Those are the moments worth living for, those are the moments where you live your happy life, when you try new things, get out of your comfort zone, and chase down that blood pumping rush! So what do i think is the key to live a happy life? Chase down the adrenaline, feel it for yourself, then you'll know what it takes.