Faber is very important to Montag because he is the only individual that Montag knows of that might be able to help teach him the way to understanding what the text in a book says. Moreover, Faber’s job could be seen as obsolete since he was previously an English professor and nowadays in their society books aren’t used anymore so it defeats the purpose of having someone that teaches how to read and retain a book’s information. By this you can see that in the society Faber is the weak link that must severed from the rest of humanity, and society is the untamable beast that only wants to eradicate all its problem. Some examples of these would be: professors, the elderly in relation to books, curiosity, darkness of the world and education in
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This is because Faber seems to be a mentor towards Montag and he teaches him various things such as: how to be self aware, how to understand literature, and how to think for himself. These are important attributes that begin to shape Montag’s mentality and knowledge towards oneself. Also, Faber acts as a parental figure to Montag in occasions for instance when Faber scolded Montag and later on consoled him. “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. Out of two separate and opposite things, a third.” The quote expresses how if Faber and Montag aren’t together, then they’d be alone trying to figure out they are and what they want in life. You can see this in today’s society with people that don’t socialize with others or don’t learn since they most of the time trying to find a reason for self learning or learning who they really are.
As a quick recap, what happened with the conversation in part by Montag and the women invited by Mildred to watch the ‘families’ is that there was a situation which lead to everyone feeling confused with themselves and the others in the house. First of all, as Montag took out his poetry book, it began to disturb the balance of control in the house of Montag working and the women watching TV. Also, Mrs. Phelps began to cry for no reason in the likes of which she could not explain, yet at the same time Mrs. Bowles began to feel anger for having proving her point of how bad poetry
This is because Faber seems to be a mentor towards Montag and he teaches him various things such as: how to be self aware, how to understand literature, and how to think for himself. These are important attributes that begin to shape Montag’s mentality and knowledge towards oneself. Also, Faber acts as a parental figure to Montag in occasions for instance when Faber scolded Montag and later on consoled him. “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. Out of two separate and opposite things, a third.” The quote expresses how if Faber and Montag aren’t together, then they’d be alone trying to figure out they are and what they want in life. You can see this in today’s society with people that don’t socialize with others or don’t learn since they most of the time trying to find a reason for self learning or learning who they really are.
As a quick recap, what happened with the conversation in part by Montag and the women invited by Mildred to watch the ‘families’ is that there was a situation which lead to everyone feeling confused with themselves and the others in the house. First of all, as Montag took out his poetry book, it began to disturb the balance of control in the house of Montag working and the women watching TV. Also, Mrs. Phelps began to cry for no reason in the likes of which she could not explain, yet at the same time Mrs. Bowles began to feel anger for having proving her point of how bad poetry