Clarisse McClellan. Next door neighbor and seemingly best friend of fireman, Guy Montag. Clarisse described herself before she died as "seventeen and crazy" (Bradbury 7). Montag stated that he saw himself in Clarisse's eyes. "The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward. Her head was half bent to watch her shoes stir the circling leaves. Her face was slender and milk white, and in it was a kind of gentle hunger that touched over everything with tireless curiosity. It was a look, almost of pale surprise; the dark eyes were so fixed to the world that no move escaped them. Her dress was white and it whispered" (Bradbury 5). These thoughts go through Montag's mind when he sees Clarisse for the first time on his way home from work one day.
Clarisse was different than the normal individual. "Clarisse didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why" (Bradbury 60). Clarisse had to discontinue school because she wasn't social, but Clarisse strongly protests against that claim. She was different from many of the people in her society because she had many radical ideas. For example tasting the rain, slowing down in cars to read billboards, and reading books.
Clarisse and Montag have a quality conversation on their way home their first time meeting. Clarisse brings up the point on how she isn't afraid of fireman. She says"You know I'm not afraid of you at all...So many people are. Afraid of fireman, I mean. But your just a man, after all..."(Bradbury 7).
How I picture Clarisse
I agree with you comments about Clarisse, because she was social when she was present in the story. I think she was killed by the government because of her ideas.
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