Theme Of Clarrise In Fahrenheit 451

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In Fahrenheit 451 parents do not care for their children and the children have almost no connection to their parents. Be ease the parents are very self centered they pay no attention to their children. Many parents see their relatives on the parlor walls as their own family and don't see their real family as family. The only reason for having child is to continue the human race. The children have no relationship with their parents and are sent off somewhere nine out of ten days. The parents do not care what the children are doing and do not monitor them. Clarrise is different from many other children and enjoys nature. She is one of the queer ones in the community and disappears several weeks after meeting Montag. Clarrise also thinks about her world which is abnormal, Clarrise also contributes to the transformation of Montag by asking him "Are you happy? (Bradbury 7). Clarrise is different in many ways than children at her age and she has abnormal parents because they put thought and effort into raising Clarisse. Mrs. Bowles has two children and she relates to them as clothes, sticking them in the washer, flipping the switch and and slamming the lid. Mrs. Bowles puts no effort on raising her kids and she sends them to school nine days out of ten and when they come home she sticks them in front of the TV or sends them …show more content…
Many other horrible and violent things have become almost normal popping up in newspapers and flashing headlines on TV. Children spend hours with eyes glued to the screen, watching pointless and meaningless shows which leave you with nothing to think about. There are still survivors of the media and collect acorns, walk on railroad tracks and smell leaves falling of the tree. Fahrehiet 451 portrays a more severe and violent version of our world but those two worlds are not too far

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