Clarisse McClellan- Fahrenheit 451

Clarisse McClellan stood out in this society. Everybody had heard of the girl who was very weird because she liked things that nobody else liked at all. Clarisse ran into Montag while he was on his way to work and asked him a question that he will never hear again. This is what she said, "Do you ever read any of the books you burn" (Bradbury 8). Montag had never heard a question come out of anybodies mouth especially to a fireman. Montag's answer was a straight no, but it did make him think about why people in their society were not able to read any books.

Clarisse was a person that enjoyed hiking, playing with flowers, and asking questions that normal people in this society would not ask. She was a very happy seventeen year old though. She like talking to Montag and she was not scared to talk to him about books and other personal questions. She was the whole reason that Montag even considered reading a book or even looking at one. She was known as an outcast from society because of the odd habits she had like loving nature and asking a lot of questions. It did not really seem like she was a person from that same society. She was much different from everybody else. Her family were equally as weird as her. They enjoyed the same things she did, but they were all happy as a family. During the book though, Montag finds out that Clarisse was hit by some children that were driving a car. He goes around town and he talks to people about her and they said that it was probably better off that she was dead just because she was so weird and unusual.

Clarisse McClellan was a one of a kind girl according to this society. Montag was sad to see her go, but he did listen to her advice about reading books and how they make you smarter.

Bibliography

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Print.