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Meets Clarisse for first time
Montag first met Clarisse on the street while he was walking. She tells him a little about herself and how she is insane compared to other kids her age (seventeen) -
Wife attempts suicide
Montag's wife, Mildred, attempted suicide. The men who pumped her stomach said that there are many cases like this a night. -
the hound growls at Montag
The hound surprises Montag by growling at him. However, even then, the captain said that the hound was merely a machine and that it cannot "like" or "dislike" someone -
he notices the small things that Clarisse does that is weird
Clarisse has been shaking walnut trees, sitting and knitting, and giving him bouqets of flowers. Everyday they would walk around the corner together and talk about nothing really important -
Montag admits he feels fatherly towards Clarisse
He admits that Clarisse makes him feel like a father. Clarisse then asks why he has had no children and Montag says that it is because Mildred didn't want any -
Clarisse talks about the dangerous kids her age
Clarisse says that kids her age kill each other. Six of her friends had been shot in the last year and ten more of them died in car wrecks. She admits that she is afraid of them -
More suicides
A fireman sent a hound on himself. More people don't want to live in this world -
Clarisse vanishes
Clarisse disappeared. She didn't show up and Montag explains everything as being empty. -
Playing cards and war
The firemen are playing cards and there are hints of war over the radio about what may be coming. No one seems especially worried about this as they think it's no big deal -
Burn a woman in her house with her books
A woman refused to leave her books and decided to stay behind and die with them -
Montag steals a book
As the books fall on Montag, he grabs one and puts a mindset that he had done nothing so that he would not look guilty -
Montag asks about where he and Mildred first met
Montag asked his wife where and when they had first met. She didn't know and neither did he. This saddened him -
stopped in front of Montag's house
Captain Beatty and the other firemen arrived at Montags. They had Montag burn his own house and place himself under arrest. -
Montag kills Captain Beatty
Montag killed Captain Beatty with the blow torch and ran. The hound got his foot with numbing poison, but Montag kept going. He realizes that Beatty wanted to die -
Montag runs to Faber's house
Even through the pain, he runs to Faber's house and attempts to cover up his scent ( from the hounds ) with alcohol. -
Montag meets the book enthusiasts
Montag, while running from the police, run into Granger and the other book crusaders. They show him how the government staged his arrest to appease the people. He decided to go with them since he had a whole book of the bible memorized -
The city gets nuked
The entire city was leveled before Montag's eyes. The war that no one had given two thoughts about had hit home (literally) and Montag could only think of his wife (now deceased).
