wn with her in it. Montag steals a book from this women's house.
Montag has decided not to go to work today. He cannot understand the women burning herself and her house. He is becoming increasingly confused by what Clarissa has told him, and is now starting to thinking for himself. His boss, Chief Beatty, seeing him not come into work, stops by Montag's house to visit him. This is the first of three long talks Montag has with someone about the ethics behind book burning. Here Montag tells things as they were in the past and why books should be burned. After their long discussion, Beatty leaves and Montag takes the book he took from the women's house out of hiding and begins to read it. Not understanding the point of the book, but still interested, he, against his wife's pleas, he decides to seek the help of an ex-English professor, Faber, to inquire about the book.
The English teacher is inspired by Montag's desire to bring books back to society, they make a plan together to plant books in firemen's houses, and then the firemen would fall victim to their own game. This is the second of the long conversations about the past held with Montag. After they talk, Faber gives Montag an ear peace, that not only can Montag talk
to you, but also he can hear what is being said around you. The idea was to allow Faber to be able to help Montag along in their quest. That night, upon returning home, Montag finds his wife having a group of friends over, he becomes annoyed by them, and to scare them he reads from his book. Montag goes back to work the next day, and gives a book back to his chief as a false sign, that Montag has returned to the firemans' side. Here is where the third long talk takes place; Montag and Chief Beatty have a long conversation once again on the ethics of books. Beatty also tells Montag about a dream he had where Montag and him were arguing about books doing nothing b...