Why They Want to Silence Clarisse

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"I'm antisocial, they say. I don't mix. It's so strange. I'm very social indeed. It all depends on what you mean by social, doesn't it? Social to me means talking to you about things like this." - Clarisse McClellan This quote to me means that she trusts him enough to tell him things and she loves that he really listens to what she has to stay because he thinks its interesting. Not like everybody else she tries to talk to. Maybe that’s why everybody thinks she’s anti-social because nobody wants to hear what she has to say about anything. She doesn’t have the same interests as everybody else her age. I think that Clarisse should tell everyone she knows about the information she holds before they kill her because that way people can actually stand up for what they believe in and not listen to or deal with how the government thinks. The government is just trying to control everyone into thinking the same thing. The way the government is thinking is not how a world should be. Everyone should have their own opinions about life. In Clarisse and Montag view they aren’t going to let society stand in their way. They are going to stand up for themselves and what they believe in. even if it means standing alone. They may not get people to listen but at least they have each other for a little while. They want to silence and kill Clarisse because she is a free thinker and doesn’t want to conform with society. She believes in reading books, whats in the books, and spreading the word to people about how great this information is. Shes not like the other kids she doesn’t like watching tv she likes hanging out with Montag who is much older then her. She is everything society is trying to prevent their people from becoming. She knows too much about society and the firefighters burning the books and sometimes the people. They were becoming closer and Montag was starting to like her.

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