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            Ray Bradbury hates Beatty and loves Clarisse. It is very obvious that Bradbury didnt like Beatty its clear in his tone towards Beatty. Its also very clear that he loves Clarisse.

           Ray Bradbury made Clarisse a "crazy" 17 year old. Clarisse actually talks to her family and enjoys nature which in there society is considered weird,its sadly the same thing in our society people don't go out as much as they used to, they don't enjoy nature, they go so fast that all the flowers and cows on the roadside are just blurs. People are so connected to technology that they are disconnected from reality, I am no exception. Bradbury made Clarisse the odd one out she changed the way Montag saw the world. Clarisse was almost like the "hope" of their society, that why she had to die. If Clarisse had never died Montag would probably never have done the things he did Clarisse was such a big part of the book but was only around for a few pages.

        Now Beatty is a different story. Bradbury makes Beatty the "law". Beatty was always suspicious of Montag even at the start of the book. When Montag was complaining about how the mechanical hound growled at him Beatty asked him if he was hiding something. Beatty wasnt completely serious but was right to be suspicious he was always causing that fear in Montag. Beatty also goes over to Montags house when Montag gets sick and lectures Montag about how reading is boring and people prefer shows and music now. Bradbury also killed off Beatty in a brutal way the way he described Beatty dying was gruesome. "he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling, gibbering manikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him. There was a hiss like a great mouthful of spittle banging a redhot stove, a bubbling and frothing as if salt had been poured over a monstrous black snail to cause a terrible liquefaction and a boiling over of yellow foam."  Bradbury gave Beatty a very slow, very painful death. Clarisses death was probably quick and painless because she got hit by a car, cars go up to 160 miles per hour.  

       Both Beatty and Clarisse influenced Montag one way or another Beatty kept fear in Montag and Clarisse lit a fire of hope in Montag. Bradbury had Clarisse change the way Montag saw everything without Clarisse this book wouldn't be the same. Beatty on the other hand was made to be the character that people don't like so than people got happy when he died.