1. Analysis of Professor Faber
Meriç, Kenan, Adam, Yara, Batoul

2. Introduction
Faber is a retired English professor who now lives alone. Faber tries to keep attention away from himself in order to stay clear from the government. Faber has spoken to Montag –central character- before the story began. Faber is the first person that came to Montag’s mind as he was looking for someone to help him with understanding books and the emptiness of his life. As well as the specimen Montag decided to go to as he was fleeing away from the government. Faber plays an important role throughout the plot of Fahrenheit 451 because of his actions, choices, and influence he makes on Montag.

3. Round Character
Faber is a round character which indicates he has lots of dimension and the reader can understand a lot about his personality as the plot of the novel progresses.
Faber can be characterized as a cowardly, cautious, and an educated man.

4. Signs of cowardice
“Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going a long time back. I said nothing. I am one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the 'guilty,' but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself” (Bradbury 78).
In this quote, Faber is implying to Montag that he is a coward. Faber was one of the people- minorities- who could have stopped the relinquishment of books, but didn’t. This poor choice has led him, feeling guilty of his actions.

5. Signs of cautiousness
When Montag is going back to talk to Beatty at the firehouse, Faber gives him the earpiece he had created. The earpiece, called the “green bullet’, which allows Faber to communicate with Montag and listen to what is being said to him.  It also allows Faber to protect himself from any harm, which leads to this characteristic trait.
"I can sit comfortably home, warming my frightened bones, and hear and analyze the firemen's world, find its weaknesses, without danger.  I'm the Queen Bee, safe in the hive.  You will be the drone, the traveling ear See how safe I play it, how contemptible I am?" (Bradbury 87).

6. Educated
“It's as good as I remember. Lord, how they’ve changed it in our ‘parlor’ these days. Christ is one of the 'family' now. I often wonder if God recognizes His own son the way we've dressed him up, or is it dressed him down?” (Bradbury 77).
This quote indicates that Faber has read the bible before, and is telling Montag how much the government deformed Christ's actual character; He mentions how he wonders if God still recognizes his son, Jesus.

7. Static Character
Faber is a static character, he didn't change in any shape or form as the novel progressed.
At the beginning of the novel, Faber was a cowardly old man who desires to make a change in the direction society is heading towards but does not attempt to fulfill this change. Likewise, at the end of the novel Faber flees to St. Louis in order to begin reprinting books but the reader does not know whether this become a success.

8. How does Faber progress the plot?
Faber acts as Montag’s mentor, or conscious. Faber explains that what Montag is missing is not books but what they reflect in life. Since Faber is an old, retired professor, he has seen the dramatic change of government and why it happened. Thus leading Faber to help Montag devise a plan to override the government. Contradicting to all of his guidance, Faber refuses to take physical actions into his own hands. Faber helps Montag by communicating to Captain Beatty through Montag.

9. Connection to themes: Censorship and Individuality vs. Conformity
"They are so confident that they will run on forever. But they won't run on. They don't know that this is all one huge big blazing meteor that makes a pretty fire in space, but that someday it'll have to hit“ (Bradbury ).
The government believes that that if they continue to censor books, knowledge, and thought, the people of society will not have any individuality because this change makes them all the same (conformity). In fact, the people who are willing to change this lifestyle will cause the ‘meteor’ to hit and end the censorship.

10. Connection to themes: Over reliance on technology and Censorship
"It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were it books....The same infinite detail and awareness could be projected through radios and televisors, but are not” (Bradbury 78).
Since the novel is set in a futuristic world with a huge reliance on technology. The government uses this as an advantage to black out anything that could be useful for the society. Everything that could make them think and be more knowledgeable of their surroundings is taken away. This knowledge used to be found in well-written books which are being burned to stop any original ideas from spreading.

11. Fahrenheit 451 connection to real-life example:
North Korea could be considered as a country similar to Bradbury’s society.
North Korea is a communist-government has full control over everything- and was once a part of South Korea but separated.
Their current leader is KimJong Un who came after his father Kim Jong Il.

12. Connection to real life:
The government is oppressing the people by banning any communication with the world. The majority of the people don't have a phones or televisions. The minority of the people who do have a TV can only watch national propaganda channels. Moreover, the majority of the people don't have any education, which lead to most generations  being oblivious to the outside world.
North Korea does look a lot like the book. Similarities such as, the government’s oppression towards their people. They don't allow them have an education. Also, the government controls them and their thoughts. Anyone who does not abide by the rules gets punished.