Role Of Clarisse In Fahrenheit 451

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Sami Paul Mansour 5/15/2023 ELA-8/Sec:32 Yilmaz Suleyman Yoruk Background: Guy Montag is a fireman but in the weird and twisted world of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, firemen do the exact opposite of what they are meant to do, in this wretched world firemen start fires and burn books. This is not only a dystopian take on life but in the same world technology has taken over people's lives, they are not mandatorily watching tv but have been brainwashed to watch it all the time. In the evolution of Montag, he encounters many problems, Including his wife going so far as to betray him and report him to the authorities eventually. On the other hand, a “Mystical” person he encounters on his way home one day, shows him the way he should be moving …show more content…

Sadly Clarisse was soon killed off but not without leaving an imprint on Montag and showing him the imperfections of society and himself. In the book, Clarisse is a catalyst, not only igniting Montag's personal growth but also showing the contrast between her and society and serving as a reflection of Montag being oblivious to the flaws of humanity. In the book, Clarisse is a catalyst for igniting Montag’s personal growth. After a few days of meeting Clarisse, Montag engages in a conversation with her and she questions that firemen "A long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames.", this goes on for a little before Clarisse notices that he is almost irritated about the subject so she tries to change the subject and tells Montag. "I …show more content…

” Bet I know something else you don’t. There’s dew on the grass in the morning.” Clarisse does this not only to show the contrast between her and society but to show how she notices the small things in life and does activities other than watching the tv-walls. On a walk with Montag Clarisse is showing how she is unconnected to society because on the walk she starts talking about how they call her antisocial although she says “I’m very social indeed.”, ” I’m antisocial, they say. I don’t mix. It’s so strange. I’m very social indeed. It all depends on what you mean by social, doesn’t it? Social to me means talking to you about things like this.” This not only shows how society has changed from what they mean but they have gotten so addicted to their devices that they think that social is now being on their devices. This not only shows how she is one of the most different people from society but how this could reflect on our society and show how people are addicted to their phones