During this first semester of my senior year in high school we read the book Fahrenhiet 451. After reading a few chapters we saw the movie. In my opinion I liked the book but disliked the movie, I don't think it was good enough. The main characters of this book are Montage, Mildred, Clarisse, Beatty, Faber and the suicide women. In this book nobody was allow to read books, every book ws to be burned. Montage was a fireman, but his job was to burn books.
Two of my favorite characters were Mildred and Clarisse. They are the complete opposite of eachother and that is what is interesting to me. Mildred is Montage's wife. In the book Clarisse is only 17 years old and is a student. Mildred is crazy she tried killing herself while Clarisse is in love with life, she likes to question everything and talk to people.
Clarisse is a young free spirit girl, she doesn't follow the crowd, she is an outcast. Clarisse is more of an individual and Mildred likes to go along with the crowd she enjoys watching TV shows, she goes more with comformity than individuality. When Montage started talking to Clarisse he changed. He felt happier being with Clarisse than with his own wife.
Clarisse helped Montage feel better. She made him realize a lot of things. Montage started questioning his job, books and even the government. He had been collecting books since we started reading the book, he later on realized he liked reading the books. Mildred never helped Montage, she always went along with the crowd. Mildred was young full of life and questions and that is why Montage felt good when he was with her.
The only similarity Mildred and Clarisse have is that they are both girls. I liked Clarisse's personality better. In a way I can identify my personality with hers. She is more individual and I like that Mildred is just there and doesn't do or think much. Montage would of been happier with Clarisse than with Mildred.
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