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How Does Clarisse Answer The Question In Fahrenheit 451

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One question that has fascinated me right from the point I first read it is the question Clarisse asks Guy Montag in Ray Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451, "Are you happy?" Montag spent days mulling over the question, only for the reader to never be given a real answer from him. Much like the main character of the story, I struggle to answer this question as well. It is a simple question with no simple answer, mainly because this one question forces the person being asked to answer even more questions for his or her self. If yes, why? If no, why not? The reason this question fascinates me so much is that it forces the person being it asked to think. This question also absolutely amazes me with the fact that every person who is asked this
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