What is Montag's and Clarisse's relationship throughout 1984 (or at least until she dies)???It would help sooo much if you include quotes. Thanks

Clarisse asks that Montag why he doesn't have daughters
like her. Clarisse is like a daughter in that she is inquisitive about the world, but
somehow wiser than all the adults. On page 27, in my copy, Montag tells her she sounds
old. She replies:

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Sometimes I’m ancient. I’m afraid of children my
own age. They kill each other. Did it always used to be this
way?

Clarisse represents the
wonder and creativity with which children look at the world. Growing up in this
dystopia, Montag probably missed out on this perspective. She is the first to ask if
Montag has ever read the books he burns. She is also the first to ask if firemen used to
put out fires as opposed to starting them. She initially sparks his curiosity more than
any other character.

I’m not sure I would simply
characterize their relationship as a father/daughter dynamic. They both learn from each
other and Clarisse represents an alternative or foil to Mildred which is to say that
Clarisse is, in an innocent way, a romantic infatuation as well as a platonic one. I
would say that Montag learns more from her than she from him. For lack of something more
definitive, I would just say that they are friends. They are so different from each
other that each seems exotic to the other; as if they are from two different countries.
Maybe I would use exotic friendship. The implication of exotic means foreign, different
and curious.