Unexpected

             Recently I have started reading a book called Unexpected by Jess Smith. The book is a little laid back but still very interesting and that's what makes me interested in what I read. The main character is Katrina, and she has been running away from an abusive ex-boyfriend. I don't know why, but I always tend to read and enjoy books much more when they are sappy romance novels. So far, Katrina has had a run in with her ex, Brian, and was luckily saved by a passing bystander Nash. Nash was very helpful to Katrina and offered her a house and money and even a job when he discovered what type of life she lived after giving her a ride home from her attack. The kindness of Nash and the stubbornness of Katrina seems to be working out into a blooming romance.

               Now I know this book may sound wayyy to cheesy but I love reading stuff like this. Something about the way the book is written and the constant plot twist and bad moments keep me intrigued. Each cliff-hanger at the end of a chapter make me just want to keep on reading and help  me really get deeply into these books. The sad thing about reading romance novels is sometimes the characters start having large issues and the unexpected happens. Like in another book I read called After, the two "lovebirds" had a confrotation sending the girl into a major depression that took up the last almost 20 chapters. I am realluy scared that something along the lines of the plot of After could soon happen in Unbroken because things have been going very smoothly in Katrina and Nash's flirtationship. I have called it a flirtationship because they are slowly inching their way to a real dating relationship instead of just calling themselves friends. The title of this book also infers some type of tension.

Fahrenheit 451: Clarisse

Ray Bradbury has created a peculiar character named Clarisse is his novel Fahrenheit 451. Clarisse befriends the main character Montag while he is walking home one night from his job as a fireman. Clarisse is described and very ghostly thin, wearing a white dress what matches her pale skin and white hair. Yet despite her dark eyes and hollow face she has this gorgeous beauty. Clarisse interests me by making me wonder about what she does and how she seems so different from the other people in her society. Montag feels the same way when he says,

"How odd. How strange. And my wife thirty and yet you seem so much older at times. I can't get over it."
 

Montag and I are trying to piece together Clarisse at the same time. Clarisse seems to have figured out the pieces to the puzzle of society that can't fit perfectly. While riding the jet train she has listened to people only talk about simple things such as cars, clothes, pools, and responding with how swell. When Clarisse shares things with Montag her intelligence throws his perspective of her and his job off. The people in her society seem blank and boring to her world, where everything is in color and has a deeper meaning that the world intends things to have. When Clarisse asks Montag,

"Are you happy?'
 

she causes something to stir inside of him as well as me, playing the role of the reader.  The question immediatly reminded me of Alice in Wonderland. Clarisse being Alice, wandering in her own world of fun and appreciating the small quirky things in life. By asking questions to Montag Clarisse also manages to ask the reader questions that we can relate to our lives today. Her perculiarness draws us into the story, growing deeper with each scene she is present in. Montag even is bewildered when Clarisse begins to dig into him with her questions. When she mentions how he is different from other fire fighters, his mind cannot wrap around hpw she discovered this and her comments and presence will continue to make Montag and readers question their own actions.