Why Is Fahrenheit 451 So Important To Faber

Secondly, Montag is influenced by Faber because he helped him learn the real meaning of books and why it is illegal in their community. "'Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores. It has features...The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more 'literary' you are...So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless. We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam.'"

The people in Montag's community live in a world full of lies and betrayal with no apparent emotion or sense of reality. Faber explains to Montag that the people don't like books because of what the content is. The words can propose to power that can go against others in the society. Nobody has the guts to go against the government because they must follow the rules and they have to stay being puppet. Pursuing this further, Faber believes that books have features, that shape them into an interesting story, made up by the words inside of them. Books are alive, they have pores because they tell a story with knowledgeable information, which is what makes them so special and sacred. Faber also explains that he has made mistakes in the past in which he feels guilty about, but cannot fix that. He can only help Montag understand the concept of

The society made mistakes in the past and the people should learn from their mistakes. Everyone deserves a second chance and they should take advantage of correcting it, just like the Phoenix. "'There was a damn silly bird called a Phoenix back before Christ...But every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself born all over again. And it looks like we're doing the same thing, over and over, but we've got one damn thing the phoenix never had...We know all the damn silly things we've done for a thousand years and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it...'" (163) Granger compares mankind to a phoenix that burns itself up and then rises out of its ashes over and over again. Granger is telling Montag that this is an advantage for the society to recognize a mistake that they've made, so eventually they will learn not to make that mistake anymore. Remembering the mistakes of the past is the task Granger and his group have set for themselves. They believe that individuals are not as important as the culture and history of the past. The symbol of the phoenix’s rebirth refers to the rebirth of humankind but also to Montag’s spiritual resurrection of books. After making the mistakes, people shouldn't make the same one. The Phoenix did not know what it was