When Montag first met Clarisse, she asked him many “random” questions that made him think. At the end of that conversation he was questioned once again by Clarisse, “Are you happy?” (7). This question made Montag not only change, but also made him think in a whole new angle. This question was distinctive in its own way, because made him think not only about the moon, billboard, or the dew on the grass, but himself, his society, his world. Clarisse was able to change Montag from a typical citizen because she was different. To illustrate, when Beatty was telling Montag the reason why Clarisse died he revealed, “ She didn’t want to know how a thing was done, but why.” (57) Clarisse’s death, transformed Montag into always thinking why, instead of what,. The apprehension of this knowledge later affected Montag when his consciousness questioned the society’s rules and customs. This occurred with Clarisse’s mindset, which he fully adopted. In the end, his notion made him burn Beatty and go back to the city after the bombing. Clarisse helped Montag comprehend a new perspective in thought, by making him always reason what he