Who is clarisse in fahrenheit 451

In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse is one of the main characters throughout the book. Although Mildred and Captain Beatty influenced Montag, Clarisse impacted him the most. In this book, Ray Bradbury kills off one of the most influential characters. Even though she is “dead”, Bradbury somehow made her a symbol. We don’t know why Bradbury killed off this important character, but it left readers wondering. She had some type of influence on Montag that made him think about things. She was interested in learning and asking questions. I believe that Clarisse has impacted Montag because she taught him that thinking was an option. One reason for this to be true is that she is very curious. She is curious about the world and people around her. This…show more content…
It was everyone else, and me. She was the first person in a good many years I’ve really liked. She was the first person I can remember who looked straight at me as if I counted. (68.)” I think that this quote means that Montag and Mildred don’t have a lot in common and he liked Clarisse better. I also think that it showed that Clarisse is different from others. Through Clarisse, Montag has learned things about himself that he didn’t know. The third reason was that Clarisse loved to ask questions. Usually, when something happens, we usually ask “how did it happen?” This is switched around for Clarisse. Clarisse wanted to know “why something had happened.” Montag tells Clarisse, “No, no, ” he said. “It was a good question. It’s been a long time since anyone cared enough to ask. A good question (26.)” I think that she asked many questions because she wasn’t allowed to ask them in school. At her school, students sat down in class and stayed silent. She stopped going to school because they weren’t supposed to talk to each other and ask questions. Basically they watched videos that taught them information. Clarisse hated school and people considered her as antisocial. Another example is that she asked Montag if he has read any of the books that he has burned. I think that Clarisse planted an idea in Montag mind that made him wonder about what was really inside of books. Because of this, he steals a book from the old woman’s house and

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• The young, curious, and empathic neighbor
• Clarisse as an outsider

Clarisse McClellan is the new neighbor of the main character Guy Montag in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 (Part 1, 5%). She is seventeen years old (Part 1, 6%), but Guy thinks she looks much older (Part 1, 31%). She lives with her parents and uncle in a house on the same street as Guy. Before, the family lived in Chicago (Part 1, 86%).

When Guy sees her for the first time, Clarisse is wearing a white dress that rustles when she moves (Part 1, 3%). She has dark, sparkling eyes with a lot of charisma (Part 1, 3%). Guy thinks she is " beautiful(…) astonishing, in fact" (Part 1, 11%). Her face is narrow, pale, and has an expression of wonder and thirst for knowledge (Part 1, 3%). This is because Clarisse wants to get to the bottom of the things that concern her, not just indulge in factual knowledge (Part 1, 86%). 

For Guy, it seems as if Clarisse's face reflects the faces of the people she is looking at (Part 1, 6%). This impression is probably due to the fact that she feels a lot of empathy for other people (Part 1, 6%). 

Clarisse has a childlike imagination and sometimes behaves in a naïve manner. She tells Guy that there is a man in th...

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Captain Beatty is Guy Montag's supervisor in the fire department. His job is to lead a group of firemen whose mission is to burn all the books in the city. The houses where books are hidden are also burned. Beatty accepts the fact that sometimes people die in the process.

Captain Beatty has black hair, soot-colored eyebrows, and bluish-looking skin where his beard has been shaved off (Part 1, 45%). He has a burned and sparkling face as a result of the many fires he has experienced (Part 1,54%). He smokes his brass pipe all the time, but he has bright red gums and white teeth (Part 1, 75%). His voice is very soft and he can make convincing speeches with it (Part 1, 82%).

The captain is always emphatically nonchalant, confident and self-assured. He laughs to himself when he notices that others are unsettled (Part 1, 37%). When he pays Guy a visit while Guy is sick, he strolls in and has a peaceful expression on his face (Part 1, 75%). He acts quite understanding and says it is quite normal for Guy to want to take a few days off sick.

When Guy suggests that he may have h...

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• The book-loving professor
• Guy's careful teacher

Faber is an important character in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. He is an old man whom Guy Montag met by chance in the park. He was a professor of English literature forty years ago, but was then dismissed because hardly anyone was still studying at the faculty (Part 2, 8%). He almost always stays at home and looks accordingly: His skin and hair are white as a wall and even his blue eyes have faded (Part 2, 23%).

When he meets Guy the fireman in the park, Faber has hidden books with him and at first he is afraid that Guy will hurt him. But then he gains trust in Guy, shows him the books, and tells him about himself. He even gives Guy his address, with the comment " ‘...in case you decide to be angry with me.’ " (Part 2, 10%).

Currently, Faber lives alone, secretly tinkering with inventions (Part 2, 20%) and thinking about what has gone wrong in society. He is opposing the system, but feels alone and is afraid of what would happen if he rebelled (Part 2, 41%).

Faber is very shy until Guy contacts him again. When Guy calls him, Faber ends the conversation as quickly as possible (cf. Par...

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Granger and his group do not appear until the end of Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. They live outside the entertainment society, near the railroad track and in the mountains south of town (Part 3, 75%). Guy Montag first sees the group at night from a distance, as they warm themselves by a fire (Part 3, 63%).

Granger seems to be the leader of the group, at least he is their spokesman. He explains to Guy the idea behind the group of academics. The men have made it their mission to memorize books, because books are burned and destroyed in this society. Granger himself has written a book called The Fingers in the Glove; the Proper Relationship between the Individual and Society.

The group also includes: Fred Clement, the former holder of the Thomas Hardy Chair at Harvard University; Dr. Simmons, a specialist in Ortega y Gasset at UCLA; Prof. West, a scholar of ethics at Columbia University; and the clergyman Father Padover (Part 3, 71%). They all have bearded faces. Their beards are neat and they have clean hands (Part 3, 63%).

The men around Granger carry a "special silence" (Part 3, 63%), as they take time to think and ref...

Everybody has a point in life where someone reminds them of something they have long forgotten and suddenly everything make sense. In the dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury titled Fahrenheit 451, the curious, sweet girl of the name Clarisse pops the bubble that Montag lives in. Bradbury includes Clarisse in the story to act as an eye opener for Montag. She introduces him to a past where firemen put out fires instead of starting them. Clarisse remains immune to the chatter of television and instead gazes through a kaleidoscope of colors that filters out the dull views of the government. Clarisse McClellan symbolizes everything the government and society disapproves of by questioning the rules and logic of their world, enjoying nature, and not going along with what society deems socially acceptable. Clarisse McClellan questions things she experiences which make her a threat to the so called perfect world they live in. In a conversation with Montag, Clarisse recalls the time that her “....uncle was arrested….for being a pedestrian”(Bradbury 7). Clarisse recognizes that being a pedestrian does not call for being arrested. The government’s laws suggest that they are hostile and…show more content…
As Montag strolling home one night, he spots Clarisse with her head tilted to the sky, seeing this Montag inquires to her as why she stay there facing the sky and she simply replies “I like to put my head back, like this, and let the rain fall in my mouth. It tastes like wine”(20). In the futuristic world that Bradbury creates, people who linger behind and smell the roses, much like Clarisse, seem crazy to the rest of society and fail to fit in with the crowd. She worries not about getting where she needs to go but focuses more on what was on the way. This leads Clarisse to seem mentally unstable and even she begins to believe it. Clarisse identifies as strange due to her out of the normal