Fahrenheit 451 - 5

When Montag was thinking back about Clarisse, he remembered her specifically in a very good way, and he said to Millie, "But Clarisse's favorite subject wasn't herself. It was everyone else, and me. She was the first person in a good many years I've really liked. She was the first person I can remember who looked straight at me as if I counted." (Bradbury 72.)

From what I can tell, Clarisse was a very genuine person. And people that are genuine and have good character stand out above everyone else. From what I have found, people that are like Clarisse with good character don't even try to stand out, they are usually very humble. But people notice when someone has an outstanding and blameless character.

Presentation is everything. If you go to a job interview and when the interviewer talks, if you don't act like you're listening and have an attitude about you as if you don't care about anything, then you most likely won't get the job. People like when people care. Just the fact that Clarisse truly listened to Montag talk made a huge impression on him.

I think that if people just took more time for others, things could be so much better. It really is not very hard to do, it just takes time and practice. As you can see, Montag was so moved by the simple thing of Clarisse looking into his eyes as she listened, that it stuck with him for a long time after. It is the simple things like that that can make such a difference in the lives of others.

People don't often realize it, but they really can make a huge impact on the world. That sounds like a seemingly impossible task, but really it is quite attainable. You simply just start small. You start by thinking of others more than yourself. Then you start listenening more and pay more attention to the lives of others. You help people out whenever you can and take every opportunity to show love to others. From there, you just every day focus on your goals and keep loving people as the Lord has loved you. Then, before you know it you are helping many people and it is not even a big deal to you. You just keep helping as many people as possible and loving as many people as possible, and before you know it, you have impacted the world.