Divergent

               I read and saw Divergent last week in theaters. I was sort of surprised in the beginning when she chose dauntless over abnegation, and how her brother chose a seperate path as well. The best moral I can take from the book and the movie is that fear your best friend, and your worst enemy. Even when they new what they were experiencing wasn't real, it still controlled them. It is obvious a utopian society is impossible, because you can't make everyone happy. and in trying to create a utopian society, you destroy the bad which makes us want a perfect world in the forst place. Without the bad, you no longer have reason to strive for the good, and even less to appreciate it.

Fahrenheit 451 Clarisse Sketch

            So far in the book Clarisse has been a mager influence on the main character Montag. I have pictured her as slightly skinny, blond with hair down to her mid back, and bright blue clear eyes. She has a long and thin face, and she is about 5' 8" tall. I always picture her as wearing a white sweater blouse with a diaginal rhoombus hole pattern. She is more curious than most people and tends to think and try things a lot more. She also seems to know a lot that others are not supposed to know.

              The most important quote said by Clarisse is not "Are you happy?"(Bradbury 10), but rather "If it rubs off, it means I'm in love, has it?" (Bradbury 22). This is because this is what gets Montag not just questioning her, and whether he is in love with his wife, but he also begins questioning the world around him. "You sound so very old." (Bradbury 30) is the most important quote said about or to Clarisse. This is because it is true. I believe she sounds so old because she knows things she isn't supposed to (hint the nightly "uncle" conversation). I believe she did not disappear or die by accident but because someone started to question her, or she knew too much.
     
So far, she has been the reason Montag has been questioning things, such as why he burns books that he realizes someone had to write and put their thoughts into. I believe had it not been for her involvement in the story, as well as the involvement of the operators, which made him question society, he would not be headed down the path he is now. The biggest influence in the book so far however has been Montags own thoughts when he is thinking about or questioning Clarisse or Mildred. This is because the deeper he digs into why, the more answers he needs.