After reading the first paragraph of the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, I was intrigued and wanted to continue reading. This was mainly because that paragraph introduced Montag and the setting in such a distinctive way that impacted the way I thought about the novel and characters. After reading more into part one, I became more and more interested with many questions popping up into my head. Where did Clarisse’s imaginative ideas come from? Why did Mildred try to kill herself? Clarisse was introduced very early on in the story, as well as her “odd” thoughts and actions. Some of these abnormal actions include: “‘I like to put my head back, like this, and let the rain fall in my mouth. It tastes just like wine. Have you ever tried it?’”
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She sits everyday watching whatever is on the parlor walls with her seashells in her ears, although one day she attempts suicide by eating a bunch of sleeping pills. Bradbury paints an image of the physical aftermath of her attempt of suicide by saying: “Her face was like a snow-covered island upon which rain might fall, but it felt no rain; over which clouds might pass their moving shadows, but she felt no shadow.” (Bradbury 13). Not only does this outline her physical appearance when she was found nearly dead, but it also describes Mildred’s character when she is alive. She is a very shallow person in a sense that she does not have a deep personality, although this event only foreshadows this characteristic and it is reemphasized throughout the rest of this part. Mildred does seem like the kind of person to commit suicide if you look deeper into who and what she really is, but on the surface Mildred comes off as a happy member of her society. Her society seems to be depressing to the reader because it doesn’t believe in literature, which is what we believe to be a huge part of humanity. Bradbury has not yet revealed why Mildred tried to kill herself and I hope that later on he reveals the true reason for her
She sits everyday watching whatever is on the parlor walls with her seashells in her ears, although one day she attempts suicide by eating a bunch of sleeping pills. Bradbury paints an image of the physical aftermath of her attempt of suicide by saying: “Her face was like a snow-covered island upon which rain might fall, but it felt no rain; over which clouds might pass their moving shadows, but she felt no shadow.” (Bradbury 13). Not only does this outline her physical appearance when she was found nearly dead, but it also describes Mildred’s character when she is alive. She is a very shallow person in a sense that she does not have a deep personality, although this event only foreshadows this characteristic and it is reemphasized throughout the rest of this part. Mildred does seem like the kind of person to commit suicide if you look deeper into who and what she really is, but on the surface Mildred comes off as a happy member of her society. Her society seems to be depressing to the reader because it doesn’t believe in literature, which is what we believe to be a huge part of humanity. Bradbury has not yet revealed why Mildred tried to kill herself and I hope that later on he reveals the true reason for her