Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'

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8. I think that before Clarisse asked Montag if he really loved Mildred, he thought he did. I feel that they both thought they loved each other because they had been together for so long and did not truly know anything else. Then when Clarisse asked Montag, it made him take a step back and truly look at his feelings and he realized that he truly did not love her. I do believe though that they cared about each other, well until she turned him in.

4. In my opinion, I do think that happiness is a choice. I think some people believe that they are entitled to happiness when they do not do anything to make themselves happy. Everyone in this world desires to be happy but what people do to make themselves happy is different. I do not think that people

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