Question: What are Montag’s thoughts about the books?

Answer: He sees books as a way to work out things he doesn’t understand about life and looks to them to get

answers and knowledge when he’s confused.

Question: What are Mildred’s thoughts about the books?

Answer: She doesn’t see any value in books as they can’t entertain her like other things. They aren’t

interactive, they take work to understand, they are boring.

Question: Who is Faber? Why does Montag turn to him?

Answer: He is a retired college English professor that Montag met once in a park. Montag turns to him to get

help interpreting and understanding the books.

Question: The following quote is a metaphor. What does the sand represent? What’s the idea behind the metaphor?

Answer: The sand represents knowledge. The idea is that gaining knowledge is very difficult and frustrating

for Montag. He hasn’t learned how to read and retain information, so he struggles with the books.

Question: Does Montag find the answers he is looking for in the books?

Answer: It’s complicated. He suspects that the books have valuable knowledge but he struggles to

understand them and find the answers he’s looking for.