Fahrenheit 451 Essay

Ray Bradbury's tone towards Clarisse and Captain Beatty is completely different from each other but that's what makes it their characters all the more interesting. One big difference between the two, would be their outlook on life. Clarisse is a very curious young girl, that hardly watches Tv, and loves talking and watching people. While Captain Beatty is a Fireman, and takes pride in his job even explaining to Montag that Firemen are, "... Official censors, judges, executors. That's you, Montag, and that's me." Despite this, Captain Beatty often will use quotes from books when speaking. In a way, Captain Beatty is the "bad guy" and Clarisse is the guide that helps Montag get into a world very different from the one they live in, which is a world with books.