Ignorance Vs Happiness In Fahrenheit 451

In the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 one of the themes was Ignorance V.s Happiness. In the book, the main character Guy Montag is constantly in the battle of being unhappy and believing that his happiness will be found in books. But there is a constant struggle of them being illegal and the fact he is a firefighter standing in the way. He has the duty to burn books but Montag believes the world would be happier if people could know what was in books rather than society's image that books cause conflict which causes people to be unhappy. In late 1949 author, Ray Bradbury was stopped and questioned by an overzealous police officer while walking late one night with a friend. When asked “what are you doing?”, Bradbury’s response was “putting