Macbeth

             In today's society, minority groups often suffer while attempting to change the world. For example, homosexuals are trying to make same sex marriages legal, but they have been facing enormous difficulty because other people refuse to change their attitudes. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, books are banned by the government because the government does not want people to think for themselves. Clarisse, Faber, and Montag have a hard time because they are part of a minority and are attempting to make a difference in the world. They try to free the world by telling and showing people the truth that is hidden in books. It is not easy to change the world within a short time, but they keep trying and never give up. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury argues through Clarisse, Faber and Montag that in society, minority groups must suffer in order to change the world.
             Clarisse is one of the characters in the novel who does not fit into society and so suffers while attempting to change the world. She loves nature and observing people. She keeps talking to people about beautiful things like flowers and water drops in the morning, but most of the people ignore her or even threaten her. Even though hardly anyone listens to her, she keeps trying to make a difference in at least one person's life. She does not have any friends at school because she thinks differently from other students. She cannot understand why the students hurt each other, so she becomes antisocial. "I've got to go see my psychiatrist now," she says, "They make me go" (p. 22). She has to see a psychiatrist simply because she is different and unique. She has to be changed because the government worries that she will influence others. When.
             Montag and Captain Beatty talk about Clarisse and her family, Beatty says,.
             "We've watched them carefully" (p. 60). Clarisse and her family have to be watched so that they will not have any influence on their society.