Fahrenheit 451: Character Analysis
When Montag meets Clarisse he realizes there is something different about her. Clarisse's personality is something Montag has never seen before. After going on a walk with Clarisse, Montag has many thoughts. On page 9 it says, “ What incredible power of identification the girl had; she was like the eager watcher of a marionette show, anticipating each flicker of an eyelid, each gesture of his hand, each flick of a finger, the moment before it began. How long had they walked together? Three minutes? Five? Yet how large that time seemed now. How immense a figure she was on the stage before him; what a shadow she threw on the wall with her slender body!” Montag thinks this in his head when he gets home from the walk with Clarisse. This is the very beginning of Montag’s realization that there is more to life than what his society is telling him.
Not only is Clarisse different from the rest of the society, but Montag is too. On page 19, Clarisse is speaking to Montag. She asks Montage the question if he loves someone. “Here.’ Before he could move she had put the dandelion under his chin. He drew back and laughed. ‘Hold still!’ She peered under his chin and frowned. “Well?’ he said. ‘What a shame,’ …show more content…
For example, after the women read the poem, they began to cry because they were frightened, Then, they became angry. Montag then makes them go home, this happens on page 98. “Doors slammed and the house was empty. Montag stood alone in the winter weather, with the [ar;or walls the color of the dirty snow.” This quote showed how after the ladies read the books, anger grew in them. First, when Montag showed them they cried of fear. Then, they began to believe the words in the book did not mean anything. The women called the words silly and awful hurting words. The women call Montag crazy for having this book and believing that it could mean something. They turned their backs on Montag and Montag kicked them out of the
Not only is Clarisse different from the rest of the society, but Montag is too. On page 19, Clarisse is speaking to Montag. She asks Montage the question if he loves someone. “Here.’ Before he could move she had put the dandelion under his chin. He drew back and laughed. ‘Hold still!’ She peered under his chin and frowned. “Well?’ he said. ‘What a shame,’ …show more content…
For example, after the women read the poem, they began to cry because they were frightened, Then, they became angry. Montag then makes them go home, this happens on page 98. “Doors slammed and the house was empty. Montag stood alone in the winter weather, with the [ar;or walls the color of the dirty snow.” This quote showed how after the ladies read the books, anger grew in them. First, when Montag showed them they cried of fear. Then, they began to believe the words in the book did not mean anything. The women called the words silly and awful hurting words. The women call Montag crazy for having this book and believing that it could mean something. They turned their backs on Montag and Montag kicked them out of the