People can alter someone’s life in many ways: good and bad. In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag has been greatly influenced by Clarisse and Mildred. Both characters enable Montag to look at his life with a new perspective. Mildred and Clarisse McClellan have very different personalities yet they’re both significant in Guy Montag’s life by affecting and influencing his values and behaviors in negative and positive ways. Clarisse and Mildred have opposing qualities. Montag took notice and figured out that Clarisse “think[s] too many things” and questions Montag about his life and his way of thinking (3). Clarisse is interested in Guy Montag’s life; she asks him things that make him wonder the same way Clarisse did. Mildred spends most of her time at home with her “family” doing nothing else but watching tv; she doesn’t do anything to help Montag or anyone else (9). Mildred doesn’t take the time to consider Montag or his feelings, her only care in the world is her tv. Montag was concerned about Clarisse and when he asked Mildred about her, Mildred said “Clarisse was gone” and hadn’t been seen (47). Montag liked talking with Clarisse and when he hadn’t seen her he confronted Mildred about it. …show more content…
Clarisse asked “[Montag] are you happy”, this made Montag question his happiness and realized he wasn’t happy at all (4). Montag took Clarisse’s question to heart and proved that the significance of the question impacted him to change his life. Montag “[couldn’t] remember where and when’ he and Mildred had met; proving that Mildred didn’t have a great amount of importance in his life (20). Montag not recalling how he had met his wife shows how much Mildred had meant to him. Clarisse made an impact on Montag enough for him to ask Mildred if “[she] had seen” Clarisse around (22). Montag was concerned about Clarisse, and had been interested in her appearance to ask his wife about
People’s actions and their individual perceptions can influence and develop change in another person’s character. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Guy Montag, makes a complete metamorphosis with the help from his neighbor Clarisse, his wife Mildred, and his boss Beatty. In the beginning of the novel, he despised the whole idea of reading, had no thoughts or questions about his life, and was just going through the motions of life. He changes from a stolid character, incognizant of the activities of his surroundings, to a conscious person of. So enlightened, by the new world he is exposed to, he comes to the realization that there is more
He reveals to Mildred about the countless books he hid over the course of the years as a fireman in a vent. Montag implores his wife to aid him in finding meaning in the stolen books. To understand why people would go to such great lengths for them, just like how that one woman died for her books. As he and Mildred rummage through the books, Mildred spots a phrase that she could finally comprehend from a book. "That favorite subject, Myself" After hearing this, Montag is frustrated with their progress. "But Clarisse's favorite subject wasn't herself, it was everyone else, and me. She was the first person in years I've really liked. She was the first person I can remember who looked at me as if I counted" (page
Montag had never analysed or stopped to think of what was going on with his life. As Clarisse starts to ask Montag questions and as they walk together, that makes their friendship closer. They build some sort of confidence and become
After Montag returns to his house after talking to Clarisse, the author hints that there are other dimensions to Montag’s character by stating that Montag is in denial of his own unhappiness and he is hiding something behind his ventilator. 7. When the reader first encounters Mildred, she is described as someone who does not enjoy human interaction and only listens to the Seashell radios in her ears. Also, she is very pale and empty because she overdosed on sleeping pills.
He seems worried and asks Mildred if she knows anything. Mildred says she thinks CLarisse got run over and seems unperturbed by it.. Montag however is deeply affected and comes down with a fever and does not go to work. This shows us he is gaining empathy, since no one else seems affected, and he demonstrates caring, awareness, and an attachment to another person, something no else seems to be as everyone else seems to be detached. At this point in the story Montag’s character is moderately different than it was at the beginning.
The characters Guy Montag and Clarisse McClellan in Fahrenheit 451 are interesting because they both possess traits of extreme curiosity and rebellious nature, which is against the structure of the society they live in. Specifically, Guy Montag demonstrates the most personal growth and change, which is apparent throughout the novel. At the beginning of the novel, Guy is initially proud of his job because he is a fireman who burns books and houses for a living. One day at his job, Guy hears the fire alarm sound and sees an old woman with books at her house. By procedure and law, the firemen are required to burn down the house because the books in the house are illegal. Despite this substantial pressure of breaking the law, the old woman refuses to leave the house and
However, throughout this novel Montag there are many people that come and are already in his life that make him change who he really is. First person being a seventeen-year-old girl named Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse is the type of person in this society who is naturally cheerful, and is really outgoing since most of the time Guy Montag sees Clarisse on the streets at night. She is like fresh air to Montag, the white pale face of hers representing pureness in literature. Guy Montag wouldn’t be who he is at the end of the novel if it wasn’t really for Clarisse. The question that sparked Montag’s mind was when Clarisse asked him “are you happy”(Bradbury)? At that instant Montag should have said yes; however, he took a moment to really think about his answer, which in this case was a sign of that Mildred and Guy Montag were not in a good relationship. This embarrassed Montag and he tries to deny it, but inside, he knows it is true. Only a short time after meeting Montag Clarisse disappears without any explanation, although Mildred and Captain Beatty claim she was killed in a car accident. This really moves Montag because for the first time in his life he was actually sad. In the end Clarisse is responsible for making Montag realize that he wasn’t happy in the life that he was
People can change your point of view of things due to the influence of other peers. Guy Montag used to be a book burning fireman, and due to Clarisse influence on him he is now a independent knowledge seeker. In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse, the burned lady, and Professor Faber helped him become the person he was in the end of the book.
In the novel fahrenheit 451,Guy Montag is a firefighter whose day to day is influenced by other people's opinions.The opinion of Clarisse drove him to question his own happiness.Captain Beatty who tries to influence him to not read books and show the uselessness of books.And professor Faber who shows guy the importance and the blandness of the world without them.
First off, the actions of Mildred and Clarisse change Montag’s thinking on the world and its laws. When
Clarisse makes a strong impression on Montag through her thought provoking yet innocent questions for him about a range of topics. Her questions force Montag to think about how satisfied he truly is with his life and profession. After meeting Clarisse, Montag comes home to see that his wife, Mildred, has overdosed on sleeping pills
Clarisse and Mildred were both, at some point, appealing to Montag since he married Mildred and also thought that Clarisse was beautiful. Mildred was cold and dead, while clarisse was quite the opposite. When Montag first meets Clarisse he thought of her as a “Hot Chick” and a “Curious Baby” these show us what Montag saw in her, In the text, it states "The girl's face was there, really quite beautiful". Which shows how he felt towards her. Montag obviously saw things in her personality as well, like how she's so curious and strange, and how she's kinda like mom and a curious baby at the same time, which is what probably what intrigued Montag to keep talking to her..
Montag is the unhappy, complacent protagonist. He's thirty year old and has been a fireman for ten. He meets Clarisse and finds her outlook odd, but refreshing. Mildred is Montag's wife who's self destructive. She considers television characters as her family. Clarisse is seventeen and enjoys conversation. She's very non-conforming. Finally, Captain Beatty is the antagonist. He's Montag's superior. He is well read and uses this to fight books and curiosity about
People can change due to the influence of other people. Guy Montag changes from being a book burning monster to an independent knowledge seeker due to the influences of Clarisse McClellan. Montag in Fahrenheit 451 by: Ray Bradbury shows how he acted before he changed, after meeting Clarisse, and after meeting Faber.
The first time Montag and Clarisse meet, Clarisse shows that she is very curious by questioning everything. Many of these questions insult Montag or make him angry. Some make him wonder and question things that he has always known. In the very first conversation Montag and Clarisse have, Clarisse asks “'Are you happy?'she said.” (Bradbury 10). At first, Montag thinks this is a stupid question. Then after he goes home and ponders this question, he realizes that he isn't happy at all. Clarisse also tells Montag of a time when