OPTION 1: Describe the difference in Ray Bradbury's tone with regard to Clarisse & Beatty. Support your analysis with examples of Bradbury'diction and details.
Could you every picture a world where if you had a book are even enjoyed reading that it was illegal? In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there is a distant future where keeping books or reading is considered illegal and firefighters instead of putting out fires now go out and start fires. The main character, Montag , who is a firefighter, meets a young girl named Clarisse who is always super suspicious of every thing and bun bards Montag with tons of questions. Since Montag is a firefighter at the station there is a captain and his name is Beatty, he has a hatred towards books more than anyone else and is someone to be feared of. Bradbury shows both of the characters in completely different lights Clarisse as the positive in the story and he shows Beatty as the negativity in the story.
Clarisse is used by Bradbury as a character who shows to Monatag that the world isn't just about being stuck and just sitting there and letting technology rule your life. Clarisse showed to Montag that people are having there emotions be numbed and letting technology like earbuds and tvs rule their lives. Through Clarisse, Montag when reading books he found through her words that there is something inside of books and it made him look at the world in a different life. When Clarisse and her family goes missing Montag is the only person that actually kinda cared and noticed even Montag's wife didn't even care or even know who she was. In the Clarisse even if she didn't have a large role in the story impacted the character of Montag from someone who is scared to show his love of book to someone who sees the deep and bigger meaning of books.
Beatty is a character who is almost shown as the bad guys for doing his job and hating on book just like everyone else. Beatty being the captain at the fire station has a relationship with Montag and has seen people turn into what Montag is becoming. Beatty is the character the Montag is most afraid of because of his power and how with a simple push of a button he could have every one in the entire country on his butt trying to kill him. In the end Beatty was treated to a very hot death and it gave Montag some sort of relief but did it really have to be that way.
Clarisse and Beatty are characters that Bradbury used to show the light and dark side of the future that Montag is living in and something that can be some sort of warning to us. Clarisse shows us the readers that the world that is presented to us is something that could happen and she is something special because in a world with all this board um and numbness she is someone who brings a positive vibe to this whole thing. Beatty shows to us that this world has created people who have just lost their ways and have just gotten angry for no reason. These 2 characters are some of the biggest reasons for Montag to make certain decisions on his journey.
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