It Requires No Thought

The citizens in Fahrenheit 451 never engage their minds, and they never think. Only a couple of characters, Montag, Clarisse, and Faber, actually use their minds and think logically. Clarisse was the character to get Montag to start to change. Montag wanted more information because he was changing, and he went and saw Faber, an old English professor. This added to his change, and in my opinion, helped complete his change. If Montag wouldn't have gone and seen Faber, Montag might not have gotten the idea to listen in with the earpieces and then plant books in firefighters' houses. Faber contributed greatly to Montag's progression of getting out of the mold that everybody lived in. Faber made a good statement when he said," I don't think things sir, I think the meaning of things." This statement shows that Faber is a thinker. Faber is educated and he has knowledge. I think this quote shows that Faber doesn't fit into society and he isn't in the little bubble that everybody else is in. This quote means that Faber looks deeper than what is on the surface. He digests books and other things and takes them in and really tries to understand what they mean. All of the other citizens in this society don't think about anything. The only thing they care about is their tv shows and being violent. They don't even care about their kids. Getting back to the quote, everybody and every person thinks. Some people just don't think of important things or anything that has any meaning to it. Faber thought deeper, and he thought about the important things. He could see what society was becoming, he just was too scared to do anything about it. Most of the people don't even realize that anything is wrong and they obviously aren't going to find ways to change things that, in their opinion, aren't broken or wrong. Faber saw that changes needed to be made and he actually thought about what was going on in society. Faber was a thinker and he wanted change, he was just too much of a coward to act on his beliefs.

Molly Gamble