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Character Analysis In Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'

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Clarisse McClellan is a seventeen-year-old thought-provoking influential character to Montag and challenges his unemotional mindset. For example; Clarisse asks a question to Montag that he has never thought of before, “‘Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?’ ‘No houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it.’” (Bradbury 6) Montag answers bluntly with no emotion, but slowly, Clarisse is prying open and exposing Montag’s mindset when they continue their conversation; “‘I don’t know.’ He started to laugh again and stopped. ‘Why?’ ‘You laugh when I haven’t been funny and you answer straight off. You never stop to think what I’ve asked you.” (Bradbury 6) Clearly, Montag doesn’t think too hard about
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