*Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you. why is this passage meaningful? Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage.
“Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores.”
In the beginning of “The Sieve and the Sand,” Faber explains the importance of books to Montag. Faber tells Montag that he’s finding the meanings that the books contain, not the books themselves. The same meaning could be included in existing media like television and radio, but people no longer demand it. Montag is searching for the quality of the books, which means the “textures” of them. If I define texture in my own words, it means the details of life (authentic experience). People need quality information, the leisure to digest it, and the freedom to know and show what they have learned. Trying to fill your mind by reading books is like trying to fill a leaking bucket, because the words slip from your memory before you can even finish reading anything.
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