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Clarisse Personification

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We live in a world where being different is not a good thing. When you act differently, in the government's eyes, you raise red flags. There is one particular girl that is the definition of different and her name is Clarisse. Clarisse is a beautiful 17 year old girl. She stands out from everyone around her at school not only because of her looks but also how she acts. Finding a person like Clarisse is as rare as seeing a double rainbow.(Simile) Clarisse lives in a suburban city where books are to be burned and everyone is supposed to act and think the same. Clarisse is not the only one in the city who acts differently. In fact, the rest of her family acts that way. Since they acted the way that they did, the government had to get involved. …show more content…

Clarisse was sound asleep and was dreaming about a life where she could wake up in the morning and read all the books she desired and actually be able to do whatever she wanted. That was the best dream she ever had and maybe the best dream she will have for a while. When she woke up the next morning the sun was shining and it was early Saturday morning. She found it very quiet. Maybe too quiet. She went downstairs to search for her parents but they weren’t there. She thought to herself, “Huh? That’s weird. Where could my parents be? Oh I know, maybe they’re still sleeping.” So Clarisse went upstairs to her parents room only to find it empty. She had no idea where they were and she didn’t want to stay to find out. She didn’t want to disappear like the rest of her family. She would check back at home every so often to check if her family had returned. Until then, Clarisse would be on the …show more content…

The vein on the side of her head was bulging as she slammed the door behind her. She looked around for Michael because all she wanted to do was have him embrace her in a nice tight hug to make her forget all her problems. Michael was nowhere in sight. She thought that maybe he was just playing a joke on her so she started to shout “Michael, where are you?.This isn't funny.” He shouted at the top of her lungs. Clarisse starts to panic. There was no answer. It's was getting dark and Clarisse was worried about Michael. She started sprinting down the street yelling Michael’s name. All of a sudden she trips. What could she have tripped on in the middle of the road? She starts to get up and picks up what she tripped on. She closely examines it and soon realizes what it is. Tears start to fill her eyes. She recognizes that it’s Michael’s shoe; or at least what's left of it. The sneaker was torn to shreds and there was traces of blood. She looks up from the shoe. Barely able to see, she continues to run down the road with hope that she will find her true love. As she runs farther and farther her hopes of finding Michael grows thin and she starts to slow down. She falls to her knees with crying so loud you could hear it from the moons of Jupiter.(Hyperbole) After Clarisse has stopped crying, she just layed on the cold hard ground whimpering like

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