In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Clarisse is a very important and useful character because of the ways that she affects Montag. If Clarisse did not come around in the book, everything that would have affected Montag after their acquaintance would not have been able to affect him like it did. In the beginning of the book when Montag meets Clarisse, they are described as being very comfortable with each other. “Her face, turned to him now, was fragile milk crystal with a soft and constant light in it. It was not the hysterical light of electricity but—what? But the strangely comfortable and rare and gently flattering light of the candle” (Bradbury, 5). This text evidence shows how they immediately had a connection. This was because …show more content…
She has a different personality and represents individualism and happiness, two things that no one else really had. Clarisse says “I'm anti-social, they say. I don't mix. It's so strange. I'm very social indeed. It all depends on what you mean by social, doesn't it? Social to me means talking about things like this" (Bradbury, 26-27). Everyone in the community describes Clarisse as “anti-social” because she does not act like them and like what they like. Everyone else is driving fast and watching their televisions while Clarisse is not. This bubbly and selfless behavior by Clarisse rubs off on Montag. Clarisse argues that she is social because she believes that social means talking and socializing while the community thinks it means fitting in and acting like everyone else. Montag says “But Clarisse’s favorite subject wasn’t herself. It was everyone else, and me. She was the first person in a good many years I’ve really liked. She was the first person I can remember who looked straight at me as if I counted” (Bradbury, 68). Montag explains how selfless Clarisse was and how she was genuinely a good person, which is hard to find in the community that they live in because of all the government's