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Clariese In Fahrenheit 451
The novel Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a society where its people have no opinions or feelings. They are basically robots. To keep brainwashing people, the government issued firefighter's whose job is to burn books. This is because the government does not want the people thinking for themselves and having opinions because they believe opinions make people depressed. The character Clarisse is the neighbor of Montag, a firefighter. She is an outgoing teenageer with a unique family and personality. She is unique by her asking questions about how things work. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse is considered antisocial, abnormal, and strange. This connects to Westside culture by the importance of its acceptance of people with all types of personalities.
Clariese is considered antisocial in the society. The government’s reason is that she does not mix with the people her age. She does not want to do dangerous things that the “normal” tenagers do in the society. The teenagers of this society kill each other and live very dangerous lives. The government's diagnosis is not true because Clarisse is a very social person. This is shown in her interaction with Montag and how she is very talkative. Clarisse's situation shows that Westside students should not label someone because they might just be misunderstood
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She is labeled this because of her curiosity about how the world around her works. This is considered weird in the society because the people do not want to learn anything because they think learning will make them depressed. This is part of the government's brainwashing because, they do not want people having opinions or curiosity about the world. Clarisse is judged by people because of this. This connects to Westside culture by how some people are considered odd or abnormal. This connects to the Westside community by how we should not judge people if they are different and should be accepting of

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