“Knowledge, you may get from books but wisdom is trapped within you, release it” (Ismat Ahmed Shaikh). In Fahrenheit 451 books are not allowed therefore Montag and his society do not have as much wisdom or knowledge within Montag’s Society. In a place where information within books is not accepted, Montag finds wisdom and knowledge as something that is lacking in his society.
Montag is born into a society where knowledge within books is not allowed, but then something changes. “I'm seventeen and i'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together” (Bradbury 5). Montag sees this girl walking and everything suddenly seems different the first conversation between the two, the first time they looked each other in the eye, Montag knew that Clarisse …show more content…
Although Montag is not quite as wise as professor Faber Montag is pretty wise. Professor Faber is a retired english teacher and Faber still possesses a few precious books and aches to have more. He readily admits that the current state of society is due to the cowardice of people like himself, who would not speak out against book burning when they still could have stopped it. "Number One: quality of information. Number Two: leisure to digest it” (Bradbury 85). These are the three things that Faber says society needs if it is to recover. Society needs access to good books again, not just comics. Society also needs the time to actually read the books and think about what they read. Society currently spends all its time not only not reading, but seeking thrills that leave out all room for thought. “Number Three: the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interaction of the first two” (Bradbury 85). And lastly, society needs the freedom to act on what it learned from reading and thinking about books. These are the three things needed to help society become healthy again. Professor Faber believes that all his society needs to become healthy quality information, leisure to digest it, and the right to carry out actions based on what we learned
Montag is born into a society where knowledge within books is not allowed, but then something changes. “I'm seventeen and i'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together” (Bradbury 5). Montag sees this girl walking and everything suddenly seems different the first conversation between the two, the first time they looked each other in the eye, Montag knew that Clarisse …show more content…
Although Montag is not quite as wise as professor Faber Montag is pretty wise. Professor Faber is a retired english teacher and Faber still possesses a few precious books and aches to have more. He readily admits that the current state of society is due to the cowardice of people like himself, who would not speak out against book burning when they still could have stopped it. "Number One: quality of information. Number Two: leisure to digest it” (Bradbury 85). These are the three things that Faber says society needs if it is to recover. Society needs access to good books again, not just comics. Society also needs the time to actually read the books and think about what they read. Society currently spends all its time not only not reading, but seeking thrills that leave out all room for thought. “Number Three: the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interaction of the first two” (Bradbury 85). And lastly, society needs the freedom to act on what it learned from reading and thinking about books. These are the three things needed to help society become healthy again. Professor Faber believes that all his society needs to become healthy quality information, leisure to digest it, and the right to carry out actions based on what we learned