
Fijian: 
fire is fun
for millennia humanity has used fire for two main purposes
Survival and entertainment
And fire is one of the recurring themes of Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit-451
But, what makes fire so mesmerizing,
why is it that burning something gives so much satisfaction.
Humans are distracted,
it is a simple part of our being and just who we are
We keep ourselves busy and distracted from our own minds
That is by studying, working or just sitting there watching TV
But is humanity reaching a *limit*?
Society now seeks anything that will keep us happy and distracted from the somber world in which we live in.

English: 
fire is fun
for millennia humanity has used fire for two main purposes
Survival and entertainment
And fire is one of the recurring themes of Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit-451
But, what makes fire so mesmerizing,
why is it that burning something gives so much satisfaction.
Humans are distracted,
it is a simple part of our being and just who we are
We keep ourselves busy and distracted from our own minds
That is by studying, working or just sitting there watching TV
But is humanity reaching a *limit*?
Society now seeks anything that will keep us happy and distracted from the somber world in which we live in.

English: 
In Bradbury’s Fahrenheit-451 we are put into the shoes of Guy Montag
a fireman whose job consists in burning the most “Corruptible” object of them all,
Books
Montag soon realizes the truth about his seemingly perfect life.
People are now stuck to their TVs and suicide is now common
So Montag decides to not embrace the system like captain beatty said
but instead to rebel from it
Ultimately escaping into the unknown world of Granger and his group of Intellectuals with their memories on point.
United by the sole purpose of rescuing the books that firemen like Beatty, would deem pointless
Montag once again finds his purpose in life, and his happiness ultimately returns
The novel’s core theme is montag and his struggle to find a purpose in life

Fijian: 
In Bradbury’s Fahrenheit-451 we are put into the shoes of Guy Montag
a fireman whose job consists in burning the most “Corruptible” object of them all,
Books
Montag soon realizes the truth about his seemingly perfect life.
People are now stuck to their TVs and suicide is now common
So Montag decides to not embrace the system like captain beatty said
but instead to rebel from it
Ultimately escaping into the unknown world of Granger and his group of Intellectuals with their memories on point.
United by the sole purpose of rescuing the books that firemen like Beatty, would deem pointless
Montag once again finds his purpose in life, and his happiness ultimately returns
The novel’s core theme is montag and his struggle to find a purpose in life

English: 
which he eventually does by memorizing the Book of Ecclesiastes
that by itself talks about the meaning of life from the Point of view of the king of jerusalem
claiming that actions of men are wise but also flawed at the same time
Claiming that in the face of a life with no sense, one should instead enjoy the great things life has to offer.
That includes eating, drinking,
basically anything that keeps someone distracted from life and how relatively pointless it truly is.
A text that talks about the need of God
within society in order to avoid the pains in life as well as to enjoy life’s pleasures because
A time for everything, including a time to die.
Like 17th century french philosopher Blaise Pascal says,
if given enough time to think, humanity will eventually question their own existence and ultimate insignificance,

Fijian: 
which he eventually does by memorizing the Book of Ecclesiastes
that by itself talks about the meaning of life from the Point of view of the king of jerusalem
claiming that actions of men are wise but also flawed at the same time
Claiming that in the face of a life with no sense, one should instead enjoy the great things life has to offer.
That includes eating, drinking,
basically anything that keeps someone distracted from life and how relatively pointless it truly is.
A text that talks about the need of God
within society in order to avoid the pains in life as well as to enjoy life’s pleasures because
A time for everything, including a time to die.
Like 17th century french philosopher Blaise Pascal says,
if given enough time to think, humanity will eventually question their own existence and ultimate insignificance,

English: 
which at the end of the day has no uplifting answer.
Or as he puts in his philosophy book Pensées
Pascal believes that in order to comfort us from those thoughts
we are easily distracted and in constant search for entertainment.
And if that fails, one can ultimately resort to none other
than God
Which is what makes Bradbury’s novel quintessential to this philosophy.
That is by making Montag ultimately find purpose in memorizing the book of Ecclesiastes
which is in fact a religious text

Fijian: 
which at the end of the day has no uplifting answer.
Or as he puts in his philosophy book Pensées
Pascal believes that in order to comfort us from those thoughts
we are easily distracted and in constant search for entertainment.
And if that fails, one can ultimately resort to none other
than God
Which is what makes Bradbury’s novel quintessential to this philosophy.
That is by making Montag ultimately find purpose in memorizing the book of Ecclesiastes
which is in fact a religious text

Fijian: 
That said, Montag’s story arc fulfills Pascal’s philosophy of a constant search of purpose and distraction
that is with entertainment or religion
Fahrenheit-451 tells the story of a man
who reaches a point on his life in which the entertainment he is provided with
no longer keeps him distracted and therefore searches for another diversion from his own insignificance
One can of course think that science has allowed people to transcend the rudimentary belief of God
yet one must ask him/herself the entire purpose of religion.
Which is
(at the most basic level)
to explain concepts that we do not understand
like death
or the purpose of life
When science opened a new frontier of knowledge
many realized the sad truth about our place in the universe
that we are relatively insignificant in the infinite cosmos

English: 
That said, Montag’s story arc fulfills Pascal’s philosophy of a constant search of purpose and distraction
that is with entertainment or religion
Fahrenheit-451 tells the story of a man
who reaches a point on his life in which the entertainment he is provided with
no longer keeps him distracted and therefore searches for another diversion from his own insignificance
One can of course think that science has allowed people to transcend the rudimentary belief of God
yet one must ask him/herself the entire purpose of religion.
Which is
(at the most basic level)
to explain concepts that we do not understand
like death
or the purpose of life
When science opened a new frontier of knowledge
many realized the sad truth about our place in the universe
that we are relatively insignificant in the infinite cosmos

English: 
Once again, people needed a way to cope with the facts and religion ultimately gave the needed solution
Now, in no way should  religion endorse killing or the indoctrination of the youth
but should instead be there for those who need it to cope with reality
or to distract themselves.
Fahrenheit-451 is a metaphor
for Pascal’s philosophy of diversion
by showing us the radical end of his philosophical spectrum
A world in which society’s sole purpose is to keep the populace entertained by their own means
giving the reader an example of what Pascal dictates and the ultimate juxtaposition found between montag
finding meaning in literature as well as meaning in burning books
That same juxtaposition can also be found in fire
Montag originally sees fire as a tool of destruction
and pleasure
yet by the end of the novel he changes his view of it
to a tool for survival
yet nevertheless
a tool with a purpose

Fijian: 
Once again, people needed a way to cope with the facts and religion ultimately gave the needed solution
Now, in no way should  religion endorse killing or the indoctrination of the youth
but should instead be there for those who need it to cope with reality
or to distract themselves.
Fahrenheit-451 is a metaphor
for Pascal’s philosophy of diversion
by showing us the radical end of his philosophical spectrum
A world in which society’s sole purpose is to keep the populace entertained by their own means
giving the reader an example of what Pascal dictates and the ultimate juxtaposition found between montag
finding meaning in literature as well as meaning in burning books
That same juxtaposition can also be found in fire
Montag originally sees fire as a tool of destruction
and pleasure
yet by the end of the novel he changes his view of it
to a tool for survival
yet nevertheless
a tool with a purpose
