Fahrenheit 451 pp. 71-80

One question that I had while reading this section was, What did Denham's have to do with anything?

1)What does Montag mean when he says that books "point, one way or another, to Clarisse?"

Montag compared two books to Clarisse. One book was about friendship. The quote was, "We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over." After reading that quote, Montag probably thought that he didn't know when he formed a friendship with Clarisse but he knew he had formed one with her. Clarisse's friendship was great while it lasted but he knew that it had to end someday and when it did it it basically shattered his heart because he could've gotten more out of it. Another book which reminded him of Clarisse was one which was titled "That Favourite Subject, Myself" because Mildred did only think of herself but Clarisse didn't and that was something special about her. Clarisse was willing to put her embarrassment on the line to talk to others and give them a little bit of joy. The reason he compares books to Clarisse is because she is different just as all books are. Also, because she has impacted Montag;s life in one way or another and if you take a book and read it, it has a moral and it teaches you a lesson by which you feel like changing.