1/19 Fahrenheit 451 Assignment pp. 21-40

1) Guy compares his wife and Clarisse and thought that Clarisse seemed older in some ways compared to Mildred. Montag thinks Clarisse seems more mature because she notices things such as how the kids in her class are killing each other and how it is wrong. She also does all the shopping and cleans her house by hand. Guy also thinks that Clarisse is more social then most people in the traditional way, by actually talking, everyone else just sits in groups and watches movies and listens to the radio. Mildred on the other hand is older then Clarisse but does not show that much signs of maturity. She doesn’t seem to take a break at anytime from entertaining herself and she never has thinks or worries about things. For instance she is always listing to the family and has the seashells in her ears; she’s just always doing something. Also, Mildred accidentally killed herself and she doesn’t even really care that she did.

Fahrenheit 451 pp. 3-21

My question is why Mildred wants to add a 4th wall when she the already have three and she knows they cant afford it?


I think that the other is able to convey the fact that Guy and Mildred are remote from each other because they have very different behaviors and the do not communicate well. For instance, Mildred is always happy and Clarisse made mad Guy realize that he wasn't happy. Also, Mildred barley makes an effort to listen to Guy, in fact, she doesn't listen at all she lip reads because she is constantly listening to music.