Professor Faber- Fahrenheit 451

Professor Faber became a very well-known character to readers in this novel. Professor Faber was a retired English teacher who came across Montag a year before the book opened. When Guy wanted to know more about the books and why people did not read them any more he turned to Professor Faber. When Montag called Professor Faber, knowing that Montag was a firefighter, Faber was scared that Montag was trying to trick him into telling him where the books were. Once Faber knew that Montag really did want to know more about books he decided to help him. Professor Faber admits in the story that the current state of society was due to the cowardliness of people just like himself, because they would not speak out against the book burning when they could of stopped it from happening. He still hates himself for letting that go, but he decides to help Montag and put himself in a position that could potentially kill him.

When Faber says, "We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam" (Bradbury 83). This saying is very important that basically explains the whole book. It is saying that the people that are in that city are trying to live off of each other rather than trying something new. That is what this book is basically about people like Faber were afraid to stand up to the government and say no to burning books, but instead just stayed behind and look what happened. That saying really does have a lot of meaning to this book. Faber really proved himself to be the only person that Guy Montag could really trust. If Guy turned to Mildred she would just rat him out. If he went to Faber, Faber would help him the most. Faber knew a lot about the books and why people were unable to read them. Professor turned out to be a really good friend of Guys.

Bibliography

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Print.