The two of them decided to come up with a plan to show people that books are not worthless. c. Montag and Faber are living in a world where everyone believes that books have no value to them and should just be burned. However, these two characters think differently about them. Montag has been stealing books, and Faber has been teaching him about them. He learns that books reveal the bad parts of life, which is why many people hate them and decide not to read.
Faber is cautious, and terrified of what he thinks Montag might do to him, as shown when he tells Montag that “I haven’t done anything!” (Bradbury 76) However, once certain that Montag really has changed, he aids him in his escape of the city, as well as finding Granger and the other people that lived on the railroad. To write the other way is to not conform with society’s values and beliefs, either privately or in the open without a care, they simply do what they feel is
It is here that he begins to face the majority of his trials. He encounters his story’s temptress and father figure in the form of Captain Beatty. When Beatty first comes to Montag’s home he represents the introduction of the father figure, he is understanding and knows what Montag is going through and then begins his role as temptress, or in this case tempter, by trying to convince him to return to work and return his life to business as usual. Here the first two stages overlap because Montag goes to visit Faber and receives the green bullet. Faber also inherits the role of Goddess/God here by revealing to Montag what he truly desire, not necessarily books
It also helps him interact with Beatty as well as others. This plays a crucial part in Montag’s change. Montag at times felt dismal, and very alone, but the voice in his ear, which was Faber was comforting. He was elated when he realized that with Faber, “He would be Montag-plus-Faber, fire plus water, and then, one day after everything had mixed and simmered and worked away in silence, there would be neither fire nor water, but wine” (pg 103). This shows that Montag knew that one day with the help of Faber he would emerge as an improved, educated, and
As he walked past the Faber Memorial Library, tears and sadness started to fill his eyes. Faber had died earlier that year, it was a very sad time for the community. He remembered kneeling by Faber’s hospital bed, promising Faber that he would fulfill Faber’s legacy of making society the way it was before books were illegal. Ever since then Montag has taken his work seriously, and slowly moved his way up the leadership scale. Montag wiped the tears out of his eyes, soluted to Faber’s statue, and continued on his way home.
"You and I." "Oh, no!" Faber sat up. " But let me tell you my plan-" "If you insist on telling me, I must ask you to leave." "But aren't you interested?"
On page 84, Faber says, “Patience, Montag. Let the war turn off the ‘families.’ Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces.” (Bradbury 88). This quote conveys that Faber believes that their society is falling apart.
Montag stole a book; the Book of Ecclesiastes. He explains this to Faber because he wants Faber to understand how passionate he has become for wanting to learn and use books. Montag’s love for reading gradually grows more and more because he is beginning to actually read them. That is another reason why the book of Ecclesiastes is so important because it is the first one he actually begins to read. Montag feels a power source from the books he is reading that energizes his feeling of gaining more knowledge from them.
Faber is an old english professor who agreed to help Montag understand illegal books and work together talking through a secret seashell that he messed with to make cellular communication less obvious. Beatty was smart enough to notice it and once he took it Montag reacted with murder. Beatty was doing his job saying that he was going to locate his friend who was also hiding books from the government and Montag wanted to delete the evidence to save his convict of a friend and kill Beatty and destroy the seashell. Bradbury writes, “Beatty switched the green bullet off and thrust it in his pocket. ‘Well so there’s more here than i thought.
Montag has done a total reversal since when he met Clarisse. He started out as a man who burned books and destroyed ideas to a man who now not only wants to protect them, but bring back the freedom of thought. He seeks out a professor, Faber, who lost his job after his liberal arts school shut down because of lack of interest. During their first meeting, Faber is scared that Montag might arrest him or turn him in because of his position. Faber denies knowing anything about how many copies of different books are left.
In Fahrenheit 451, Montag meets Faber, a cowardly old man who is trying to change the society’s view on books through Montag. However, Montag realizes that Faber should not be changing the world, and instead should change himself and his cowardly ways. Faber has admitted himself that he is a coward, and requests Montag to carry out his plan for him through a device he created—an earbud, resembling a Seashell earpiece, that receives and sends sound. With this device, Faber planned to “...sit comfortably home, warning my frightened bones, and hear and analyze the firemen’s world, find its weaknesses, without danger” by giving Montag commands through the device—Montag and Faber would become one unit (87). With Faber’s commentary and advice, Montag
“I supposed you aren’t going to tell me what you hold against me” “Nope, but I will tell you that your my rival from now on.” “Your sword skills are a little rusty though.” “I disagree with that I can keep up with your attacks perfectly.” He merely nodded when I said that and proceeded to tell me his life story or something.
When Faber finally is not a coward and he harbors Montag to preserve society, he “[feels] alive for the first time in years.” (125). This chain reaction causes Faber to build up the courage to help Montag one last time by helping him to a fresh set of clothes and a drink of whiskey as they watch the chase of Guy Montag on Television. When Faber finally helps Montag by harboring him and telling him to usher a new era filled with books and knowledge with the “old Harvard degrees on the tracks between here and Los Angeles.” (126).
On page 143 Bradberry writes about Montage meeting up with some people, and if enough people do this then there may be a revolt (Bradberry pg. 143). Faber promised Montag that he would help him, and after Montag is on the run he still wishes to help. He knew that since Montag being on the run from society that he would have to finish what Montag started alone. Faber simply wished to help an old friend, and he promised to help Montag as a friend, not an accomplice. Even though Montag commited a crime against society this doesn’t mean that Faber is a part of this crime, he had no part in the crime apart from helping a
This means Faber is actually choosing to conform to society even though unlike Mildred Faber has already been enlightened to the truth. When most people are born they conform to the ideologies of their parents and communities, they don’t choose to conform, however they can choose not to conform. In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451 Montag is a conformist who burns books for a living; however as the book progresses Montag begins to read books and his opinions on the way his society is changes. In Fahrenheit 451 Faber tells Montag “pity, Montag, pity.
