Writing Resources
The author uses a metaphor to describe a fireman Guy Montag compares himself burning a fire to a conductor at a symphony This portrays Guy s thoughts on his job Symphonies are usually thought as beautiful that is what Guy thinks burning books is The author uses this metaphor to show how in this society burning books is thought as being a respectable job Guy Montag is a fireman who meets Clarisse McClellan Guy Montag sets books on fire because it is illegal to read books This is similar to the society in the Harrison Bergeron story The people in that society are oppressed and cannot be themselves In this society people are not allowed to read books or think about certain topics I predict there will be a significant reason why they are not allowed to read books After talking with Clarisse she asks Montag if he is happy At first he dismisses it and says he is happy After thinking about it for a while he realizes he is not happy at all Guy Montag had not been happy for a long time but had never thought about it until Clarisse mentioned it I can relate to Clarisse when she calls herself antisocial in the sense that socializing should just be two people having a conversation This quote also shows how peculiar Clarisse is she is the only one in her school who likes to think and isn't interested in going to a Fun Park or hurting someone Clarisse was not normal compared to the rest of society She is the one who gets Guy to start thinking about the world and the past The fact that the she would just vanish is strange The society they live in thinks it's not normal to think differently I don t believe Clarisse and her family just left out of the blue the officials might be involved in their disappearance The author adds this to show how Guy Montag is developing
