When Montag meets Clarisse, something in him is awakened; then, when he learns that she is gone, possibly run down by a speeding automobile, he becomes distraught. He feels a loss that he tries to heal by examining books in the hope that they might provide some succor and answers to her questions which have ignited an intellectual hunger in him.
During his encounter with Clarisse, Montag's experience of seeing himself in her eyes makes...
When Montag meets Clarisse, something in him is awakened; then, when he learns that she is gone, possibly run down by a speeding automobile, he becomes distraught. He feels a loss that he tries to heal by examining books in the hope that they might provide some succor and answers to her questions which have ignited an intellectual hunger in him.
During his encounter with Clarisse, Montag's experience of seeing himself in her eyes makes him feel comfortable and unique. Her cheerful teasing of his failure to have intellectual curiosity has stirred something in Montag. In addition, her ebullient and stimulating personality causes Montag to wonder what has wrought such a difference in her as compared to his dull and distant wife Mildred. It is this marked difference in Clarisse who has pointedly asked him, "Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" that ignites Montag's curiosity about books. Because of this curiosity, Montag steals some of the books from a fire and brings them home to examine them with Mildred in the hope that they will stimulate feelings long dead in his wife.
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