He said the words to himself. He reorganized this as the true affairs. He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back." (10, 12) Montag first starts off happy with his "normal life." Clarisse points out all the little things that always go unnoticed by everyone in the society. As he thought about this, time went on. With these thoughts, he was not happy. Montag lives in a society that hasn't even realized what the government has done to their happiness and that they have always been living in the darkness. Furthermore, he came to the realize that this society was dark, bland, and ungrateful. Montag slowly becomes aware of his surroundings and opens up to the fact that living in his community without knowledge is not right. Montag then realizes how much he has been acting similar to a puppet, being clueless towards his surroundings. In the same way, Clarisse helps him realize how much people in the society are blind to their environment and completely emotionless to each other. Montag notices that Clarisse is right about the whole happiness thing. The happiness he had his whole life wasn't what true happiness was. Clarisse has a talk with Montag
He said the words to himself. He reorganized this as the true affairs. He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back." (10, 12) Montag first starts off happy with his "normal life." Clarisse points out all the little things that always go unnoticed by everyone in the society. As he thought about this, time went on. With these thoughts, he was not happy. Montag lives in a society that hasn't even realized what the government has done to their happiness and that they have always been living in the darkness. Furthermore, he came to the realize that this society was dark, bland, and ungrateful. Montag slowly becomes aware of his surroundings and opens up to the fact that living in his community without knowledge is not right. Montag then realizes how much he has been acting similar to a puppet, being clueless towards his surroundings. In the same way, Clarisse helps him realize how much people in the society are blind to their environment and completely emotionless to each other. Montag notices that Clarisse is right about the whole happiness thing. The happiness he had his whole life wasn't what true happiness was. Clarisse has a talk with Montag