In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the list Faber gives Montag has more of a role in the book than what society needs. It is the message the author tries to convey. Clarisse represents the first item on the list; quality of information. Faber embodies the second item on the list; leisure to digest the information. Granger portrays the third and final item on the list; the actions that are the result from the interaction of the first two. Overall, Clarisse, Faber, and Granger each represent an item on Faber’s list.
The list Faber gives Montag is the main message the author is trying to convey in Fahrenheit 451. The list is key to every society and keeping humanity intact. Faber mentions the list when Montag is paying him a visit. Montag
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This gets to Montag when the women start comparing the two men by name. "' Fat, too, and didn't dress to hide it. No wonder the landslide was for Winston Noble. Even their names helped. Compare Winston Noble to Hubert Hoag for ten seconds and you can almost figure the results.' 'Damn it!' cried Montag. 'What do you know about Hoag and Noble!'" (93). This does not particularly decrease their humanity, but it does decrease the value of their society. Their society's new president may not be worth the position and will embarrass the society when dealing with other societies. These women have no idea who is going to be actually better because they have no real information on the candidates. In this fashion, the main message the author is trying to convey is in Faber’s list.
Clarisse represent the first item on Faber’s list; quality of information. Clarisse opens up a whole new world of ideas and details that Montag has always been missing that make Montag try and realize new things. In their first encounter in the beginning of the novel, Clarisse already starts to tell him about the details he has been missing all his life. Just before she left, “She started up her