Many people live happy and healthy lives, but not everyone is as lucky. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a book about Montag who is a firefighter that burns books. He lives in a dystopian society where happiness is the same for everyone, and the people in his society do not think for themselves. Montag does not know how to act or how he feels. Clarisse, and Mildred both impact Montag in different and unique ways. During the book, Clarisse plays an important part in Montag’s life by questioning his relationships with his job, wife, and happiness. First, Clarisse helps Montag realize that he is unhappy. On the first night, Montag and Clarisse met. Clarisse asks Montag if he is happy. At first, Montag did not know how to respond, he automatically …show more content…
Foremost, Mildred helps Montag find himself. When Montag first realizes that there is no connection between him and Mildred he loses feelings for her. He soon realizes that their relationship is pushing each other apart. “And he thought of her lying on the bed with the two technicians standing straight over her, not bent with concern, but only standing straight, arms folded. And he remembered thinking then that if she died, he was certain he wouldn’t cry”(Bradbury 41). Montag would not cry. If Mildred died right then, he would feel no remorse for her passing. When she was getting her stomach pumped, he realizes that he was not sad for her. Next, Mildred helps Montag learn what family is about. In the book, Mildred becomes very attached to her TV walls. She even asks Montag for another wall, but she already has three. Mildred considers the walls of TVs as her family. She also treats them better than she does her husband. When Mildred is with her TV family she does not want to turn it off. “Will you turn the parlor off? He asked. That’s my family”(Bradbury 46). Montag asks Mildred to turn the TV off when he is talking to her. She tells him that she doesn't want to shut off her family. Mildred spends most of her time watching TV which helps her relate to what her own family does not have. This shows Montag that in their society everyone's family is the same. No one really cares how they treat each