The significance of this speech is that it sets out for us
what is wrong with this society. No one sees anything clearly. They are all encouraged
to live their lives at such a fast and unthinking pace that they do not actually know
what life is really like.
In this society, the people think
that they are happy. They think that their lives are fun and in some way fulfilling.
Millie Montag, for example, does not think that there is anything wrong with her life.
But her perception is truly blurred. She does not realize that her life is actually
empty and that she is truly so depressed that she will subconsciously try to kill
herself. There are many others in her predicament.
So,
this speech of Clarisse's is a metaphor for what is wrong with this society as a whole.
People are going too fast and paying too little attention to the truth about their
lives.
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