Her attitude upon life and the way she acts upon what she has been told or taught, completely goes against the grain from what civilization wants. From Clarisse’s first words spoken, Montag’s mind is sucked into a whole new world. By comparing and contrasting the two characters, you can see that Bradbury portrays Clarisse as fun and spontaneous and naturally curious; Montag is more insecure and blunt. Clarrise speaks to Montag of the essence of life, the man on the moon, the dew in the morning, the enjoyment she receives from smelling and looking at beautiful objects. Montag has never bothered with this type of nonsense.
She asked questions and saw the world in its simplest form. Clarisse was “pure”; unaffected by society’s brainwashing. She was the catalyst that brought forth Montag’s change. When Montag first met Clarisse, he was brought back to his childhood where there was a power failure and his mother lit a candle which opened an hour of rediscovery, illumination, and comfort. Clarisse is the light that Montag has not seen since he was a child.
Even on his last day of school, all Montressor could think of was being able to live freely without the daily worry of running into Fortunato. Little did he know that just because school was over, Fortunato was not out of his life entirely. My father was never an endearing person; especially not after my mother left. My mother was perfect in my eyes with only one mistake as far as I could tell, leaving. Maybe she did not want me or maybe she just did not want the life of a mother, I will never know for sure.
The title is quite self-explanatory and any reader could guess what the book was about. Jane Austen had famously described the book to be ‘rather too light & bright & sparkling’( Introduction xi). The interpretation that statement gives the reader is that the issues of love and marriage of a lower class was quite the taboo subject that was never really discussed. Although the book seemed to be lightly funny, there is a deeper meaning to this book. One of the earliest examples of pride and prejudice would have started at the ball, where Mr Darcy first made an entrance into Elizabeth’s life.
Her father had said, “None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such.” (364) Her father never allowed her to make her own decisions even when she was almost 30 years old. Many people think that maybe the reason why he was so strict with Miss Emily and why he put so much pressure on her could have traced back to her family. Emily’s family was a very noble family and her father had thought that they were the most prominent in the entire town and that no one else was fit for Miss Emily. Any time a man would come close to being a part of Emily’s life, her father would not allow it and he would chase them all off. Her father had kept her away from any experience with love that she might ever have known.
However, he was still able to go through his life like that. The quote doesn't apply to All Quiet on the Western Front because Paul Baumer and his friends trusted the officials and this ended up leading to the death of all of them. "... It is impossible to go through life without trust..." This quote does not apply to The Catcher in the Rye because Holden Caulfield, the main character believes everyone is phony and doesn't trust anyone which is a major flaw. Holden’s major flaw affects his life
Clarisse is naïve because she is still young, but she is very intuitive and understands that there is more to the world than meets most people’s eyes. She quite precocious too. She wonders why, who, what and how whereas most people in this book just go with what they are told. Clarisse is also pure. She has not been corrupted like most of society to think that what you see is what you get.
None of the citizens in The Giver's community have ever experienced color, which surpresses their creativity at the root. Without something as simple as color affecting people's decisions, diversity, and creativity, life is dull before it even has the chance to become exciting. With Jonas and The Giver being the exceptions in the colorblind community, they are the only ones who realize what the entire society is missing. Jonas expresses his grief on the topic in the following quote: "Well ... "Jonas had to stop and think it through. "If everything's the same, then there aren't any choices!
He needed to be treated as if he was a part of the community and maintains an ability to make a difference. However, the teachers all shoved him away refusing to hear his heart crying out for love and acceptance. He had no idea who he was as a person nor love to guide him through life. Paul’s father could have made the biggest impact on his suicide. More than anyone, a boy needs his father to approve of him and teach him how to be a man.
She could not stop thinking about it even though the issues have nothing to do with her personally and she does not know any of the individuals. It is evident that she is obsessed with the worst parts of the world. This inference can be made from when she says, “It had nothing to do with me, but I couldn’t help wondering what it would be like, being burned alive all along your nerves. I thought it must be the worst thing in the world” (1). After this wry introduction, the novel moves on to reveal that Esther is committed to her studies and motivated to achieve academic success.