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Archetypes In Fahrenheit 451

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In the story Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, side-character Clarisse McClellan best fits the character archetype of the victim. This narrative revolves around protagonist Guy Montag who first meets Clarisse on his walk home after work one day. Clarisse is an inquisitive young-girl that Montag ends up encountering a few times before she randomly disappears, unknowingly to Montag, due to the fact that she, unfortunately, met her demise. After Clarisse disappears, and while Montag is at the firehouse with Captain Beatty, Montag “opened his mouth and it was Clarisse McClellan saying, ‘didn’t firemen prevent fires rather than stoke them up and get them going?’” (Bradbury 31). This scene illustrates Clarisse’s significance in the novel. Despite her
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