Faber In Faber's Fahrenheit 451

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Throughout the book, Faber is shown in various situations that makes him act and look like a coward due to events that had passed. To begin with, back when the trend of firemen started burning books, Faber knew it was wrong and unlawful of such a thing to happen, yet he did nothing to do about it. All Faber had done was mainly staying at home in fear about what will happen next if he got caught with any books. This showed how Faber was weak, because he didn’t stand up for what he had believed in and he never protested or argue against any of the firemen about how they could change their aspect on the book burning. Then, when Faber was at the park and Montag had caught him red handed reading a book, he only spoke back in denial about having

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