
during Montag's visit to Faber
Faber's three missing things
Faber explains to Montag that books themselves are not the solution; what is missing are three things: quality of information, leisure to digest it, and the right to act on what one learns. He argues that society lacks these elements, and that books are merely a repository for them. Faber also reveals his own cowardice and his plan to use the Green Bullet to spy on the firemen. He and Montag discuss a plan to plant books in firemen's houses and turn in alarms to undermine the system.