SOMETIMES YOU NEED A PROFESSOR

In the novel Fahrenheit 451 Montag gets in touch with a man named Faber. Montag has stolen books and wants someone to tell him what they mean. He tries to get as much information as he can before Beatty gets to his stash of books. Faber is an old English professor who tries to avoid any contact with the fireman but makes an exception for Montag when he shows up to his house with the bible in his hands.