Fahrenheit 451- Clarisse

Clarisse was a teenage girl that lived down the street from Montag. He met her one night while walking and ever since then had been friends. She would walk with him on his way to work every morning and they would talk about miscellaneous things. Each day it would be something new and they would always wonder new things. One morning Clarisse explained to Montag that she had decided to quit school since it was all brain washing her and it was a waste of time explaining that they just repeated themselves all day everyday taking knowledge away from her, not giving any.

Clarisse was an accomplished girl and had a unique outlook on life. She wasn't a lot to tolerate and she always stayed positive. She would walk in a lot of different places simply wanting to admire nature and her beauty. As her and Montag would walk she would tell him of different stories of her family and how they had come here and what they did. She would explain all about her uncle saying he was the coolest man on earth. She said that he knew a lot about books and had a lot of knowledge that the government would have him killed if they found out. Truth is, they already knew because when Montag asked about Clarisse to Betty he said he had been eyeing her and her family for a while. Saying this, Montag grew scared yet not defeated. He still kept his books and went on in life in his daily routine of getting up, going to work, going to bed, repeat. This book was very interesting to me and I feel that the character Clarisse really took it to a whole different level with her wittyness and kindness. Unfortunatally she was taken out of Montag's life prematurely when a car had hit her while she was walking. This is extremely sad yet good that she was able to move on and be away from this horrible would Montag was in.

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine, 1953. Print.