This scene happens relatively early on in the book, but it is one of the most important. Clarisse’s peculiarity interests Montag and makes him start to think. Clarisse asks Montag, out of the blue, “Are you happy?” Montag then starts thinking about his own happiness. He quickly becomes in denial. The next day, Montag walks home with Clarisse again, this time talking about love. Clarisse rubs a dandelion on her chin, testing the myth that if the color comes off you are in love. She proceeds to test it on Montag, who is further in denial when it doesn’t show up and Clarisse exclaims “You’re not in love with anyone.” Montag thinks further and accepts his unhappiness. This scene sets off every other scene in the book, as it made Montag come out
Soon, he began to wonder why he was not satisfied with his life, he began to question why nobody had the time to sit back for a minute and reflect upon their lives. He discovered that nothing he had done through out his life defined his character; everything Montag had done was merely influenced by his community. He had adapted an image of someone that was not him. He had to met Clarisse in order to realize that his behavior and his way of living was not who he wanted to be. Subsequently, he began a desperate quest to find his true character and comprehend his purpose in
He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He wore his happiness like a mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back" (Bradbury 9). Here, Montag realizes the fictitious illusion of happiness that society has put him under, thanks to Clarisse’s inquisitions.(STEWE-2) When Montag meets with Clarisse again, he continues to wonder about his previous thoughts and his beliefs.
He read an actual book an epiphany. “Montag shook his head. He looked at a blank wall. The girl’s face was there, really quite beautiful in memory: astonishing, in fact.” (8) His short time with Clarisse transformed Montag.
Montag eventually reaches a point where he can’t stand his normal life anymore. Clarisse, intentionally or not, has shocked Montag back into his childlike curiosity. All he wants to do is learn, something he’s never felt so attached to before. This is how Montag becomes comfortable enough with his wonder to start reading books. Within just a few moments of interaction with her, Clarisse was able to bring back the curiosity in Montag’s
Clarisse looks through Montag as if he was a clear window and simply tells him that he's not happy. Montag denies the fact that he isn't happy, until he thought deeper and longer about his happiness. ¨He felt his smile slide away, melt,
Upon meeting Clarisse, Montag had "a brief hour of rediscovery" when his mother "lit a last candle" that made "such illumination that space lost its vast dimensions" (Bradbury 17). In agreeing to escort Clarisse on her walk, Montag wanted to remember his rediscovery and to find out who he was through conversing with Clarisse. Clarisse comment, "You never stop to think what I've asked you" forms curiosity in Montag to question the purpose of everything (Bradbury 31). Her remark hint a future that Montag will wonder into the most dangerous place where books resided to find out the truth behind the government's lies. Clarisse's introduction, "I'm seventeen
Starting fires appeared to be his passion. However, as he considers Clarisse’s question, “Are you happy?” (Bradbury 10), his views being to change and Montag wonder if he truly is. From this point on, Montag’s life tears at the seams.
Montag is concerned and calls for help. Help arrives and takes care of Mildred. When the help is about to leave, Montag asks “First, why don’t you tell me if she’ll be all right?” (Bradbury 13). In Fahrenheit 451, when Montag realizes that Clarisse has disappeared, a dis-ease begins to develop within him.
From one of his first experiences with Clarisse, Montag feels something that he realizes he never felt before in his daily life. He ponders to himself, "How rarely did other people's faces take of you and throw back to your own expression, your own innermost trembling thought?" (Bradbury 8). What Montag is pondering about is how she behaved so attentive and natural towards
As Clarisse questions why Montag begins to think about his actions and how they affect people as well as society. The reader realizes Montag is a puppet in the dystopian society following the protocol as he is told by society. Montag’s inability to reason with what he is doing makes him gullible. Montag’s society would consider him dangerous within his society, but in reality he is escaping what is a dysfunctional.
" Montag is really not sure because he later realizes that he really wasn 't happy when she asked that. I believe he shows his pessimistic side through all the characters except Montag and Clarisse and through the plot of the
She is the first person who challenges Montag and gets him to truly think. She triggers Montag’s questioning of life, what he is doing, and his relationship with his wife Mildred. Upon their first encounter Clarisse begins asking Montag questions, questions about a time when firefighters put out flames not started them, a time when life was a bit slower. She asks, “Are you happy?” once Clarisse is home Montag responds, “Of course I’m happy.
She inspires and causes Montag to read book and influences Montag to become like herself. As the story begins it is assumed Montag has books in his house but does not read them. When Clarisse asks Montag, “Are you happy?” (7) He soon realizes he is not happy. This sets off a chain reaction whiten Montag as he begins to search for meaning in life.
Fahrenheit 451 Steps of Narrative Structure The novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury demonstrates and follows the steps of narrative structure throughout the story. Narrative structure describes the story and what form is used to tell the story by using exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. The exposition is the beginning of the novel that offers the reader background facts and information, such as finding out and who the characters are and what role they play in the story and the setting.
Clarisse enlightens Montag on the past when people were not afraid to share their thoughts and opinions. Speaking without a filter in her mind, Clarisse immediately connects with Montag. He had not felt like that in a long while as his wife can get caught up in her own mind. Clarisse asks