Fahrenheit 451 is set in the future in the United States. Clarisse, one of the main characters, is a seventeen year old girl who describes herself as crazy in the beginning of the book. She has voluminous blonde curly hair, she's really pale, and thin. Clarisse isn't like the girls who are her age. She is out of the norm and she seems to be one of the few people who know about the past and questions why books are burnt. In the book she meets a fireman name Guy Montag. Montag sees Clarisse as having no manners and being really odd but he loves to have conversations with her. On page 11 she says, "You know, I'm not afraid of you at all." then Montag replies "Why should you be?". After that Clarisse says "So many people are. Afraid of firemen, I mean. But you're just a man, after all...". This quote shows that Clarisse is a lot different than most people.
The most important quote said by her is, "Strange. I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames." This quote is very important because it tells you that Clarisse knows more then what she should know. My favorite character is Clarisse because she is the person that makes Montag question whether he's happy or in love or if he even enjoys burning books. Soon he realizes he doesn't enjoy burning books but learns to appreciate them and try to gain knowledge from them by secretly collecting books. What I don't understand is, is why Clarisse died so early in the book when she was such an important character.
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