Extended Glow

7Jun/11Off

Extended Glow
When Montag enters his home he stares at the blank wall but in memory sees Clarisse. extended simile HELP?

FAHRENHEIT 451 When Montag enters his home he stares at the blank wall but in memory sees Clarisse what extended simile describes how he sees her?

ive read the chapter but there were like 3 simile's and i can't tell which one is the extended simile, could you please tell me the answer or explain what an extended simile is?

1. “She had a very thin face like the dial if a small clock seen faintly in a dark room in the middle of a night when you waken up to see the time and see the clock telling you the hour the minute, the second with a white silence and a glowing, all certainty and knowing what it had to tell of the night passing swiftly on toward further darknesses, but moving also toward a new sun."

2. “She was like the eager watcher of a marionette showanticipating eachh flicker of an eyelid,each gesture of his hand,each flick of a finger, the moment before it began.”
3. "it was likecomingg into the cold marbled room of the mausoleum after the moon has set."

The answer is #1 “She had a very thin face like the dial of a small clock seen faintly in a dark room in the middle of a night when you waken up to see the time and see the clock telling you the hour the minute, the second with a white silence and a glowing, all certainty and knowing what it had to tell of the night passing swiftly on toward further darknesses, but moving also toward a new sun."
Why? The simile is comparing Clarisse to a small clock, and the conflicting way she was an all-knowing person with a mixed personality (swiftly on toward further darkness, but moving also toward a new sun). This show Montag's conflicting and complex view of Clarisse. I hope this helps:)
D.