The Role Of Clarisse In Fahrenheit 451

Clarisse influences Montag to resist the status quo implemented by the government and take action. Before Montag befriended Clarisse, he was desensitized and numb to the deterioration of society. Montag walked and talked as a part of the contemporary and self-destructive problem. Clarisse awakened Montag and introduced him to the solution that has been there all along. Montag is no longer afraid to question the authority and workings of the government. While being the victim of a city-wide manhunt, Montag happens upon a set of railroad tracks. The first thing that pops up in his mind was “how certain he suddenly was of a single fact he could not prove. Once, long ago, Clarisse had walked here, where he was walking now” (Bradbury 147). Just