In a community with different cultural beliefs, a person from the outside of this cultural bubble can cause people to think differently about what they thought had truth, as Clarisse did with Montag. Since Clarisse has a very different way of looking at things, she made Montag say, “I don’t know anything anymore.” Hearing a new perspective can change what an individual thought they knew had truth, and a new perspective can make them consider new possibilities. Once an idea plants itself into a mind, the brain wants to expand on the thought, whether the person wants to or not. When Montag met Clarisse, he laughed to fill the silence, but much later, Clarisse made the comment, “Your laugh sounds much nicer than it did.” With time, Montag became
