Answer to Question #319893 in English for Kelsey Jand

Question

Important Quotation:

Explain:

1) who said it to whom, when and why, and

2) what does it mean, and

3) how does it apply to the lives of 21st century readers? 

Quote 3: “These men have been dead a long time, but I know their words point one way or another, to Clarisse.”

Answer 1

 Montag thinks so much about Clarisse and what she has said to him about the way the world used to be that he is trying to make sense out of the things he is reading based on Clarisse and her words.