Guy Montag is a fireman in charge of burning books in this futuristic society.He wears a helmet with the number 451 on it (the temperature at which books burn). While walking one night, he meets Clarisse, a seventeen year old who questions the society she lives in. She has "wild" ideas of what society used to be like and she rebels against the norm. Guy is intrigued by Clarisse's individuality, and he starts to spend more time with her. Clarisse makes Guy start to question his life and the society he lives in.
Although this book was written a pretty long time ago, it predicted a lot of things that have come true today. For example, many people are obsessed with technology and instant gratification. this book predicts a society that is ruled by technology. Reading is illegal in the book because it threatens the control of the government by provoking people to think individually. Most people in this dystopian society are dependent on anti-depressants and sleeping pills, because they are so unhappy. They don't think or even talk to each other.
Clarisse is one of the few people that is not obsessed with technology and pursues individual thinking. She kind of reminds me of Katniss because she lives in a controlling society that opposes individuality, but she is is curious about how she can escape it.
Yes, Clarisse thinks in a way that is similar to Katniss. Clarisse's purpose is primarily to influence Montag.
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