As if responding to Faber's pessimism, Montag presents Faber with an insidious plan that entails hiding books in the homes of firemen so even they will become suspect. Nevertheless, Faber is skeptical and pessimistic of whether books can help their society. His attitude, however, does not deter Faber from launching into such a challenging and exciting task. At first, Faber views this new teaching assignment as a useless, as well as dangerous, undertaking. Montag then asks Faber to teach him to understand what he reads.
He confesses that his life is missing the values of books and the truths that they teach. Montag immediately senses Faber's enthusiasm and readily admits his feelings of unhappiness and emptiness. He is also concerned with the common good of man. Consequently, Montag takes the subway to Faber's home and carries with him a copy of the Bible.įaber is a devotee of the ideas contained in books. Montag remembers that he keeps Faber's phone number in his files of possible book hoarders, and he determines that if anyone can be his teacher and help him understand books, Faber can.
The old man, a retired English professor named Faber, made an impression on Montag because he actually spoke with Montag about real things. In his desperation and thirst for knowledge, Montag recalls an encounter last year with an elderly man in the park. Montag, however, needs to find someone from whom he can learn and discuss what the books are trying to tell him he needs a teacher. Although she can choose books and life, she chooses instead to place her loyalties with the television character, White Clown, and the rest of her television family. In Millie's mind, books hold no value she would rather avoid reality and bask in the fantasy of her television. So entranced are Montag and Millie by the substance of the books, they ignore the noise of a sniffing dog outside their window. As Montag reads, he begins to understand what Clarisse meant when she said that she knew the way that life is to be experienced. Millie and Montag spend the rest of the cold, rainy, November afternoon reading through the books that Montag has acquired.
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