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Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

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In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse McClellan is a curious girl with her opinions, thoughts, and life perspectives. She changes Montag's perspective at the start of the book. The new perspective was that firefighters used to help people save their homes. While, in their society, they burn down houses. Three colors are painted blue, black, and yellow in the painting. The blue on the right side of the painting represents Clarisse’s ability to understand and speak the truth to whom she needs to. Clarisse believes that her and Montag’s society is bad because, before this dystopian society, firemen used to help someone's home, not burn them. She wants more people to understand the truth. In the text, Clarisse explains, “Strange”. I heard once that a long time ago …show more content…

Clarisse questions, “How did it start? How did you get into it? How did you pick your job and how did it happen to think of taking the job you had? You're not like the others I've seen, a few I know” (Bradbury 21). Clarisse wants to understand why anyone would want to be a part of the government. She also compares Montag to the other firefighters. The top layer of the painting is a splatter of yellow paint. As said before, the yellow represents the ignorant, cowardly people who are under the influence that their society is the best when it is not. For example, characters that fit these traits are Mildred and her friends. The yellow being the highest layer can show the more advantages those people have over people like Clarisse. More people fit into this category. So, the three colors being layered can show the levels of society and how society is seen. In the painting, the colors blue and black are directly facing each other. This represents Clarisse going against the government. The darkness pushes inwards against the blue because the government wants Clarisse to believe what they believe and not think

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