Fahrenheit 451 who is professor faber

F Theme Page. Fahrenheit Poster. Google Hangout notes. Study Guide Question Responses. Professor Faber remains to be one of the only people in the society that hasn't been brainwashed yet. In his youth, Faber had a great passion for books and eagerly read various pieces of literature. However, when the government introduced the law against books, Faber quietly succumbed and allowed for the government to enforce their laws on every individual. He reveres the magic in literature, which "stitched the patches of the universe into one garment for us.

Because he is over twice Montag's age and was forced into exile forty years earlier, Faber provides the look backward that enables the hero to see how a literate society allowed itself to slide into mechanization and repression. Willing to read books, discuss philosophies, and enable his disciple to escape the avenging dystopia, Faber is reduced to a soothing, insightful, cajoling voice serving as Montag's conscience in Montag's ear.

Those who don't build must burn. It's as old as history and juvenile delinquents. I don't talk things, sir," said Faber. I sit here and know I'm alive. But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority. Oh, God, the terrible tyranny of the majority. They are so confident that they will run on for ever.

But they won't run on. Faber speaks poetically p. Faber talks about being afraid of getting in trouble because of books p. He talks about what is important about books: the quality of what they used to have in them p. Faber says that he is a coward when he gives Montag the two-way radio that he invented p. He shows that he is trusting when he gives Montag a slip of paper with his address on it p.

He helps Montag by listening and talking to him when Montag faces Captain Beatty p. He also helps Montag escape after Beatty is killed p. Faber wants to work with Montag to wreck the fireman operation p. Faber is a dynamic character who changed because of meeting and working with Montag; he began to act on his wish to fight back against the fireman system instead of only inventing things like the two-way ear radio. Faber is an important character in the story because of the ways he is able to help Montag.