Examples Of Nonconformism In Fahrenheit 451

Society can change a person in a negatively or positively. Mildred is the wife of the main character, Guy Montag, in the novel Fahrenhelt 451, by Ray Bradbury. Society has made Mildred self-centered, robotic, and unfeeling.

Unlike most people in Fahrenheit 451, she inquires a lot about the surrounding environment. She is seen as “antisocial” because she doesn’t mix with the “society”. It turns out that the meaning of “social” in Fahrenheit 451 is being the same as others. Clarisse gave Montag a spark of interest in the outside world, thus making him start to read books. Unfortunately, Clarisse gets run over by a car and dies. Later, Beatty says, ”You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl’s better off dead,” This shows that Clarisse was not supposed to be there at all. From existence of Clarisse, Bradbury gives us a comparison of the world with no interest and the so-called “normal”

In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse McClellan, is a seventeen year old girl who lives next door to Guy Montag. Clarisse met Montag when she was walking down the street, she looked at him surprised. Clarisse's appearance is mentioned as curious, because she is called as white. “..Her face was slender and milk-white, and in it was a kind of gentle hunger that touched over everything with tireless curiosity..”, “Her dress was white and it whispered”. (Bradbury 02) By comparing from the book, Clarisse can be someone who won’t “fit in” the book. She is more than a seventeen year old girl, she is filled with ideas and questions. Her character is different from everyone in the book, she was more positive and uplifting.

Mildred Montag is the prime example of a conformist in the dystopian society portrayed in Ray Bradbury 's book, Fahrenheit 451. She thinks in the simplistic manner that people like her are conditioned to, and she 's married to a fireman, who plays the largely important role of burning books in this society. She spends her days watching the television screens in the parlor and her nights with Seashell Radios buzzing in her ears. At first glance, her life of all play and no work might seem relaxing and blissful. However, it eventually comes to mind that all of her bliss is derived from her use of technology in order to escape from reality. Even then, it will become apparent that Mildred is not actually blind to reality and that her happy

You would think that in a society like the one in Fahrenheit 451, everyone would be similar. That's not the case for Mildred Montag and Clarisse McClellan. Throughout the book, Mildred and Clarisse show multiple traits of themselves that are very different. They're not similar in almost anything. During Fahrenheit 451, Mildred and Clarisse are completely opposite people and that is shown in the differences in their personality, values, and relationship with Montag.

In the novel Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury there are people that make an impact on Montag’s life in a good way and a bad way but what about the impact they make on society? Clarisse is considered to be hazardous and unhinged in the eyes of what the community expects. Mildred is a perfect example of what society wants them to be isolated and small minded. Clarisse and Mildred are portrayed differently when they interact with Montag, the roles that they play in the book, and how they choose to spend their spare time.

Clarisse’s and Mildred’s presence in Ray Bradbury's story Fahrenheit 451, gives the idea that both characters are alive but metaphorically dead by looking at their personalities and ways of being in their dystopian community and personal relationships. Clarisse and Mildred may have different personalities but they both share the same concept. Clarisse has a personality that does not exist within other people. She tends to point out on the real significance of life, which leaves characters in shock and confusion after interacting with her. As for Mildred and Montag’s relationship, Mildred shows lack of attention and love towards Montag. Mildred would pay attention more to her “family” and her friends instead of her marriage relationship. This gives Mildred the image that she is figuratively dead between her relationship with Montag. These figuratively dead characters lead to change Montag’s perspective.

Clarisse is a very curious individual. Some would see her as an attention seeker, peculiar, or even insane. All of these things due to her differences. Her outlook on the world and society is completely opposed to others she is surrounded by. For example, she explains to Montag that she and her family talk. This catches him by surprise and bring curiosity because in their

Of the characters of Fahrenheit 451 Clarisse Mcclellan and Mildred Montag stand out most prominently because of their pronounced contrast. On one hand Mildred Montag is the obedient citizen who would rather watch

Clarisse Mclellan and Mrs. Montag, otherwise known as Mildred, are the two strongest and most prominent female characters in Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451. They are both extremely vital and important to the story in the different ways that they influence the main character of the novel, Guy Montag. Clarisse however, is labeled as a threat t the fictional society of Fahrenheit 451. She is questioning and curious. Mildred is the society’s ideal and perfect citizen. She has been molded, conformed, and brainwashed into the character she is in the novel. These two important characters are wildly different, although they do share some similarities. In this essay, I will be observing, comparing, and contrasting the differences between Clarisse Mclellan and Mildred Montag.

The next day, and many days after that, Montag would meet Clarisse and they would walk together and socialize, on the way towards the train that took Montag to work. They wouldn’t talk about cars or clothes, but about what a leaf smelled like or wonder how race car drivers viewed the world. She told

In the book Fahrenheit 451, there are two people who impact Montag’s life greatly, Clarisse and Mildred. Clarisse is the young happy person who shows Montag what living is, she shows him that there is more to life that burning and sadness. Mildred is Montag’s depressed wife who wears headphones 24/7 and shuts herself in her fake world forgetting about reality. In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse shows what the world could be like if you engage in life, and Mildred shows what life is like when you shut the world out.

Ray Bradbury´s wrote a book about this dystopian society where everything in our world is backwards in their world, they can speed, they burn books, and everybody is always gloomy and sad. Montag changed his mindset throughout the book, he went from burning books to saving them from getting burnt. Mildred on the other hand, continuously stayed the same throughout the book. She beginned the book showing she did not care, and carried that same mentality through the rest of the book. Ray Bradbury´s uses contrasting characters in Fahrenheit 451 to illustrate the differences within views of a dystopian society with his development of Montag and Mildred.

In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Clarisse McClellan, who is one of the characters introduced in the beginning of the book, is portrayed as a seventeen year-old female considered odd to the rest of society. She is a curious type of person and asks many questions. She also displays a type of courage that people in this dystopian society would not bare to exceed. Another key character trait that Clarisse displays as being an influential person. The main role Clarisse plays in the novel is being the person who opens up Guy Montag’s view of the world they live in.

Clarisse tells Montag, “And sometimes I like to put my head back, like this, and let the rain fall in my mouth. It tastes just like wine.” (27). Montag is skeptical, but when Clarisse leaves him, he tilts his head back and tries the rain. Montag is slowly breaking out of his prison. He’s starting to look at things differently. There’s an emptiness inside of him that he’s finally starting to realize. Bradbury mentions Clarisse walking “letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward” (15). This relates Clarisse with nature and how they are both truthful and pure. It’s not until Montag escapes from this technological world and into nature, that he becomes truly filled (108). Nature