After finishing reading Fahrenheit 451, I still feel that Clarisse's death or missing status is still not very clear. What I want to know is what really happened to her. Even if she was killed in a car accident, was it the government's doing or was it just freak accident? On page 128 of Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag asked, "I wonder if they were the ones who killed Clarisse?" This really got me thinking, if the government did not like the way Clarisse was not conforming to their "norms", they would have to get rid of her to maintain the conformed state of the society.
Another part that I felt the story was missing was a clear ending. So Guy ends up traveling with other book readers after escaping the authorities and they all talk/explain how they read books and keep the information in their brains to preserve the content of the books for the future. After this, they travel until they reach the "city." What city is it? Is it St. Louise where Faber and Guy had promised to get in touch? What will they do in the city and is there a purpose for them to be there? Do they have to avoid being noticed? Since the book ends here, I will never know. I did read the "Afterword" part of the book and saw that the author mentioned how he didn't want to change anything in Fahrenheit 451. As I do respect that decision, I still wished that he would have at least written a clearer ending.
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