Necessary Things In Fahrenheit 451

In the Utopian and Dystopian Fiction book "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury, one can read about how Professor Faber tells us the “necessary things” to read a book. The first necessary thing that one needs to properly read a book is the “quality of information” which informs us of how useful the data inside the books are. The second quality of “necessary things” is the “leisure to digest it”. With this quality, it tells one, that relaxation time is necessary to read. The third and final quality that Faber says is the “right to carry out the actions based on what we learned from the first two”. This necessary quality tells us how a person could perform the ideas established from studying the first two necessary things. In conclusion one can see …show more content…
The professor tells us of how books (like the bible) are meaningful. Furthermore, Faber tells us how the words inside the book have qualities, textures, pores. From this, a person can induce that a book can tell us so much more than it means to. Furthermore, Faber tells us how good books have “…more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch…” A book is only good if the words inside of it has many meanings and can be translated into numerous ways. In addition to this Faber tells Montag, “The good writes touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.” With this quote, Professor Faber conveys to us how a person can tell if one is a distinguished writer or an unsatisfactory one. If a writer can “touch” and speak about life often then one knows that it’s a good writer. In contrast, an inferior writer barely writes about life, but when they do, she (life) is mangled, deformed, dismembered, put in such a way that nothing can mend …show more content…
Montag tells the Professor that citizens of the nation have plenty of off hours. In contrast, the Professor rebuttals that even though the citizens have time off, they don’t have a chance to think. Faber explains that the citizens have time off, but they don’t have the time to think. In addition, Faber goes on to say how the citizens drive at 100 miles per hour, not thinking about anything. Also Faber talks about the televisor, how one can’t shut off “The Family” because it is “real”. Also inside the subway jets, Faber informs the reader how while riding the subway jets, two, small rubber plugs are used to put inside of his ear. These rubber plugs were to help shut out the sounds of ¨Denture´s Dentifrace¨. In conclusion, the government allows the citizens to have leisure time but one can really see that the government only allows activities that influence them not to