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How Does Montag Create Happiness In Fahrenheit 451

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Guy Montag wears the mask of happiness given to him be the society; a society where the meaning of life itself has being lost. A fateful encounter give a new meaning to Guy Montag. The meeting of Montag and Clarisse unleashing a series of events that lead Montag into the unknown and finally seek the forbidden fruit of society, books. Clarisse McClellan started the sparkle, the flame that slowly giving Montag his humanity, In doing so the man lose everything and gain everything at the same time. All this was accomplished by a simple question. “Are you happy?” However the happiness granted by the presence of Clarisse couldn’t last forever, in other for Montag to start his journey in search of the true, she needed to banish. Her death set the poisoned running through Montag’s veins spread and finally he seek the fruit. …show more content…

Like an angel she appears in white, her stared unfocused yet firm. A fragile creature that saw Montag as a man because his just a man and she wasn’t afraid of him. Her presences put Montag into a storm of emotions and moods from amused to nostalgia Clarissa made Guy feel. From the very moment this loony seventeen-year-old introduce herself into Montag’s life he couldn’t hope but to question his marriage, if he was truly in love, and society as a whole. This stirred something in Montag and like a meteorite drawn to the gravitational force of a planet he was pulled in. Funny enough her angelic appearance when quite well with her purpose in the novella as she serves both as a messenger and guide. Like archangel Gabriel in the bible when he sends Virgin Marie the message from God and guided Joseph in his insecurity. Clarisse was a stranger that ended up being a calming and familiar presence in Montag’s

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