Professor Who in the world has the most power? Is it the rich, the athlete, the geniuses, or the good looking people. I think it is the rich but a lot of those rich people are really smart and that is how they became rich. Then it is the athletes and finally it is the handsome. Well this goes into why Faber is so important to the book. This is shown when talking about the presidents of the United states they are smart and that is why they have power. The book Fahrenheit 451 was written by Ray Bradbury and shows a lot about today. In this book, Bradbury uses the character of Faber to expand Montag’s intellectual capabilities to understand reality, demonstrate the paramount desire to change the structure of their society. This is shown in numerous ways, the first when Faber tells Montag an interesting quote, this is when Montag first sees Faber at his house to ask him to teach him. Then Faber says this to Montag. "Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going, a long time back. I said nothing. I'm one of the innocents who could have spoken up…”(78) He can not see through all the information and look at everything in reality. He has to change the society though and needs to look through almost like looking through time …show more content…
Only Montag and Faber know the difference. This when Faber asks montag why he came to his house he says "Nobody listens any more. I can't talk to the walls because they're yelling at me. I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls.”(78-79) Since he is not ignorant anymore, no one is listening to him anymore because they don’t know if he is right or if the society is right. His wife just wants him to go back to normal while. The tv’s are staying normal and he imagines them to be yelling at them. Even when he sees everything against him he still thinks it is better to defy the
This shows that Faber is the mentor archetype, because it shows that Montag needs him for help, guidance, teaching, and that is all that mentors do. Montag, in the introduction of Faber, already hints at the fact that he is the mentor, this way of storytelling that Bradbury chooses to use, makes a descriptive, detailed, thoroughly thought out book, easier to understand. With things like this standing out, it makes the book enjoyable and not having to stop after every sentence questioning what was just
Another rhetorical question was, “Were all firemen picked then for their looks as well as their proclivities?”, this was also resolved in the next sentence by the reference of the appearances of the firemen as well as the way they all enjoyed smoking(Bradbury 33). While this may have originated as an individual taste for smoking society clearly made it commonplace and almost expected of the firemen to be smokers. The authors use of rhetorical questions projected the firemen as conformists to society which removed their sense of individuality. Bradbury characterizes the firefighters in Fahrenheit 451 as duplicates in this
In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Montag, the protagonist and book burner, battles between the light and dark sides of society, first with Beatty, his boss, and the government and then with Clarisse, a neighbor girl and Faber, an English professor. Montag is stuck in the dark burning books and is ignorant to the world around him. He moves towards greater awareness when he meets Clarisse and is awakened to the wonders of deep thought and books. Finally, he risks his life by trying to save the books.
At the end of the novel, Montag is not in the best place in his life. He was talking to Faber and he said, “this is happening to me” (108).
Montag’s Internal and External Conflicts People sometimes have a great effect on other people, even if they do not realize it. That is what happens to Guy Montag, a main character in Ray Bradbury’s science fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451. In the novel he comes across many characters that change him. In the novel Ray Bradbury uses conflict to show the knowledge and ignorance in the characters. Ray Bradbury uses Montag’s internal and external conflict throughout the book to show how he is changed by these things.
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.
His resultant search for knowledge destroys the unquestioning ignorance he used to share with nearly everyone else, and he battles the basic beliefs of his society. Bradbury shows through the development of Montag’s character that people must have the freedom to think for themselves and to act on their ideas—to be individuals. As Montag opens his eyes
Those who are ignorant can be beaten into hiding it, which is what Montag is afraid of and Faber is encouraging him not to be afraid of. The characterization shown here is through Faber’s description of how Montag is “...afraid of making mistakes.” This shows that Montag is, as Faber says, afraid of making mistakes as he’s still a little confused and worried. This also shows that Faber is very wise and is a good mentor. Now, the other novel, Prodigy, also shows how characterization can support the theme of the impact of ignorance versus knowledge as well.
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.
John Dos Passos once said, “Individuality is freedom lived.” The root of individuality lies in freedom. Without freedom, there is an inability to think for oneself and share one’s ideas. In a society where this freedom is lacking, people will not think for themselves and submit to whatever rule is enforced over them. In Fahrenheit 451, the government attempts to control freedom as a means towards reaching a perfect society.
He was given more power than he wished for and if the final verdict on the man’s life was down to him, maybe he feels that it has changed him and that he regrets his
Here, Faber is in his house telling Montag about how books bring life into the world. Faber is letting Montag know that books are important not because they are books, but because of their meaning. As difficult as they can be to deal with, the pores are the perfect imperfections needed to make the world great. Bradbury shows that books and knowledge are vital and that censoring books robs the world of individuality and freedom. “Give a man a few lines of verse and he thinks he’s the lord of all creation.
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
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.
So then Faber questions Montag by asking him “Can’t you run, get away?” Montag replies, “No, the hound! Because of the hound!