Fahrenheit 451 (Happiness) Montag isn’t happy. He wants to find happiness. But where to find it? “We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.” Only thats in our reality. In this reality there is only lies,fear, and continuation. At first he was happy about how his life was going; Mildred sleeping in a different bed, burning books and houses, having the same routine everyday. Montag felt as if he was doing good for the city and himself. “It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed.” This all changed when he met Clarisse. Clarisse was unique and different, she walked around paying attention to all of her surroundings, thinking about everything and anything. “You’re not like the other. I’ve seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon.” Clarisse said to Montag while they were walking down the sidewalk in the rain. After that moment I feel that Montag felt as if he really were different, thats when he started to …show more content…
Unlike everyone else she is herself, not who people want her to be. “I'm seventeen and i'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said always say seventeen and insane.” she says this to Montag when he asks her, her age. For Montag this is new but he seems to be amused by Clarisse and how upfront she is. She is careless about the negativity and overpowers it with positive energy. As they got to know each other, Montag grew fond of seeing Clarisse every morning and evening. While getting more and more tired of how his wife Mildred is, how she just sits in front of the “family” all day. Mildred is the very opposite of Clarisse, she is stuck living her life like everyone else, like a painted picture. When you put the two together you can easily see their many differences and who live their life to the