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Unhappy In Fahrenheit 451
“I’ve meant to talk to you about her. Strange” (Bradbury 51). Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury. It is about a society of people who never think about things. A fireman named Montag meets a girl who does think about everything. After meeting her, Montag starts thinking and asking questions about many different things going on around him. Mildred, who is the wife of the main character, Montag, is not happy, but she acts happy. There are a few things that show she’s unhappy.
You can tell in not many, but a few ways Mildred is unhappy. First, she tried committing suicide by taking a bottle of pills. Her suicide attempt shows that she most likely has pain inside and Mildred even appears to be unaware that she tried to do any harm to herself.

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