I think that Clarisse changed his thinking, by asking Montag questions. The important questions that Clarisse asked Montag are, “You know I'm not afraid of you at all” (5). When Clarisse said that Montag ask, “Why should you be afraid of me”. When Clarisse said that, it made me think when he burns books, he doesn't know the meaning to what he is doing. Another question that Clarisse asked Montag that changed his thinking the most is, “Do you ever read any of the books you burn?”(5). This was an insane question to him because I think that he does what he is told and don't argue about it. It is a norm for him to burn books and he never really thought it through before burning the books. This question that Clarisse asked made him curious about knowledge of books and made him want read books. Another quote that Clarisse asked was. “Are you …show more content…
To me that meant why are we burning books and why do we have to do this. Beatty said, “You got some books?”(31) Montag said “But if we did have some”(31). My debatable question is, Would society change if they have books?. I think society would change because society would gain knowledge from the books and begin to make new norms and become exposed to new information. I think that the community would be more social because when you read you have a lot to talk about and gain from others. (61) Montag said, “I want to smash things and kill things” when he said that Mildred said, “The keys to the beetle are on the night table. I always like to drive fast when I feel that way”. That quote related to when Clarisse died by getting ran over. I think Mildred killed Clarisse. by running her over with a car. Another character I think influenced Montag is Faber. Montag met Faber at the park Faber was an English professor so they talked a lot about books which also drives me to think Faber has knowledge from books since he was an English