What compelled Montag to take the book from the fire?
I think Clarisse seems more mature than Montag's wife in that she refuses to conform. Whether she realizes it or not, Clarisse is not acting as the "regular" person would, in that she if refusing to fit the modern day norm. Montag's wife however acts just as a "normal" person is supposed to; watching her three wall TV, ignoring her husband, etc. I think the author is making a statement about how modern distractions can distance us from relationships. While it may seem that the children shooting eachother and growing amounts of car crashes in this book are unrealistic, we have to look back and realize that our crime and car crash rates have been increasing along with the technology and its avaliability. But not just the technology and crimes, relationships as well, Montag and his wife can't even recall the day they met. These people and their actions may seem so alien from us, "we would never get out of control like that," But as the author points out, we are already on our way.
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