1. Due to the way in which Clarisse describes the reasons that people find her strange lead the reader to believe that compared to our world, the world of the novel, not Clarisse, is strange. She describes, driving slow on the highway, talking, flammable houses, and billboards being twenty feet long as strange, while to our world, they are quite ordinary. The world of the novel seems to be another distopic, futuristic one.
2. From Mildred's suicide attempt, we learn not only about Guy and Mildred's relationship, but also about their society. The reader may infer from the fact of all the suicide attempts the operators reported that life is probably not too good in this society, which in turn means that Guy and Mildred's relationship is not too good. However, Guy seems to want the best for Mildred and comes to her aid as soon as he can. Also, he sticks up for her when the operators talk about her. However, from the way the novel presents talking, the reader may assume that the two do not talk very much.
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