In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse is a seventeen-year-old girl and a neighbour of Montag and Mildred. Montag meets Clarisse late one night when he is walking home from work and he is immediately struck by her unusual opinions and interests. In fact, he calls her an "odd one." Unlike other people in his life, Clarisse is disinterested in activities like watching the parlour walls and driving fast in the Beetle. In contrast, Clarisse likes walking, likes to "smell things" and "listen to things." Moreover, she is the only person who asks Montag if he is happy, a question which prompts great changes in his life.
Clarisse also mentions a time when firemen were responsible for putting out fires, not starting them. This, again, strikes Montag as a very odd perception of history, even though she is correct as Beatty later confirms.
Sadly, Clarisse disappears from the story in Part One and Montag believes that she is the victim of joyriding teenagers.
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