“Then she started to remember something and came back to look at him with wonder and curiosity. “Are you happy?” she said. (p. 7) In this quote, Clarisse, the young and bubbly neighbor and Guy Montag are walking down the street at night. Clarisse is asking Guy Montag a series of questions, and then she randomly hit him with a super personal question. This passage shows significance because Clarise and Guy just met, and she has already “broken him down”. What I mean by this is that Guy doesn’t open up to anyone, and all it took was Clarisse to get an answer to a personal question out of him and have him realize that he is actually not happy at all. This passage is worthy of discussion because Clarisse, an almost 17 year old girl who just …show more content…
This is important because Mildred lashes out on Guy while he is already dealing with enough of his own troubles right now and makes him even more upset. This is worthy of discussion because Mildred then continues to say that her “family” are people, and that they are important, which also shows that most people during this time are so brainwashed that they believe the people on the screen are as real as it gets. This is also important because later in the chapter, Farber’s wife tells him that “books are not real”, and “they are not alive” which would make Farber upset, just as it would to Guy. This shows that Guy is not alone, and he is not crazy for wanting to be able to read a book without the fear of people judging him or firemen coming and burning them. Entry 5: “ So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless “ (p.