Fahrenheit 451 Character Analysis

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Clarisse McClellan a beautiful young girl with a free spirt exposes Guy Montag in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 to the allure the world has outside of his lifeless home. Disinterested with his mediocre home life and job Guy Montag goes looking for an escape. Montag, a fireman by day whom in a twisted society starts fires with books oppose to putting them out begins reading the books one day. Although extremely prideful of his work he becomes curious in the books he burns because of one single soul. One night after another satisfying work night he meets the beautiful young Clarisse whom has expressed to Montag her knowledge about fireman in which she had learned from a book. However, reading is not Clarisse’s only difference from the others. She is a “crazy” outcast yet gentle and innocent all traits that are seemingly polar opposite from Montag’s cold and bitter wife. Science teaches us that opposites attract, maybe this is why although fearful or Clarisse’s differences Montag is also fiercely intrigued. Clarisse’s short time as a I 've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon, last night. The others would never do that. The others would walk off and leave me talking. Or threaten me. No one has time any more for anyone else. You 're one of the few who put up with me. That 's why I think it 's so strange you 're a fireman, it just doesn 't seem right for you, somehow” (Bradbury, 23-24). Clarisse gave acknowledged Montag’s differences, something he had all along but no one ever made importance of. Montag and the readers give so much credit to Clarisse for making Montag open his eyes however Montag had always been like Clarisse he just needed someone to believe in him. Clarisse allowed Montag to find his inner self. She allowed him to no longer walk around with ‘rose colored glasses on’ and to see the world for what it was and to see society for what it

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