this part of the novel is titled the sieve and the sand ever heard someone say they have a memory like a sieve sometimes even when you try really hard to remember something it just doesn't stick in the world of Fahrenheit 451 that's what's happened to people's brains since they no longer bother with books and our protagonist or main character guy Montag is starting to get worked up about it well wouldn't you we pick up where we left off at the end of part one guy is reading to his wife Mildred or Millie from his collection of books sounds like a romantic thing to do on a rainy afternoon right not in their world reading is a deadly act of rebellion as they read and talk guy remembers his neighbor Clarisse how she was interested in everyone and everything Clarice was a reader maybe they can learn from her but not so fast there's a faint scratching at the door shhh don't move it's the mechanical Hound guy is terrified of that eight-legged killing machine but Mildred just thinks it's a normal dog she couldn't be more wrong she's more worried that guy's boss Captain Beatty will find out about guy's hidden books what if Beatty punishes them by burning the house and destroying their TV screens you see Millie only cares about her family not her husband but the family she sees on television she even says that these TV people tell her things now that's creepy someone needs a reality check right now guys getting frustrated with Millie to add to the tension there's a bomber plane overhead this is a world with atomic Wars and threats on every corner no one wants to talk about the less privileged Nations but guys social conscience is now stirring he realizes that the rest of the world Works while they play guy wonders where can he turn to for help the answer lies in one of his memories guy has already met someone who can teach him how to escape ignorance and apathy through books the teacher's name is Faber he's an elderly man who guy encountered in a park a year ago Faber was once an English professor when they met he recited some poetry to guy he also gave guy his address in case the firemen decided to track him down later there's a sense of unfinished business with Faber but it's still so hard to know who to trust guy dials Faber's telephone number and waits a long time before it's answered when Faber picks up guy asks him if he knows how many copies of the Bible Shakespeare and Plato are left in the country understandably Faber thinks it's a trap and hangs up meanwhile Millie is laughing in the hall she's excited because her friends are coming over they're just like Millie compulsive TV Watchers who've swapped their realities for what they see on screen Millie wants guy to get rid of the books how dare he threaten her lifestyle with its many screen walls guy asks Millie a question does her TV family love her she can't answer that so he leaves the house to find Faber guy takes the subway holding a copy of the Bible in plain sight risky he tries to read and memorize it but the train radio ads are too loud and distracting guys battle to retain a few words triggers a painful childhood memory a cousin offered guy money if he could keep sand in a sieve of course guy failed at this task it was a cruel joke but now the sieve symbolizes or represents guy's adult brain everything he reads slips through like sand he must fix this surely Faber knows how things are changing guys permanent smile is gone he's no longer beaming at his dystopian world he started a quest that will ultimately lead him elsewhere when guy reaches Faber's house he shows favor the Bible he's carrying Faber is scared at first but then he lets guy in he sees the stolen book and knows that guy is Brave guy has come to ask Faber for his help he wants to know more about why his Society treats books like dangerous weapons knowing the truth will set him free can Faber help guide to see what's really going on Faber's not a religious man but he's very excited to see the Bible up close he even wants to sniff it in this world Jesus has become a TV character a shiny hero of the small screen who's kept busy saying sweet nothings and promoting various products it's almost funny this is a world where the gogglebox has replaced spirituality can't have people wondering about the true meaning of life Faber regrets not sticking up for books he tells guy that he did not speak and thus became guilty guilty of what of staying silent while the world around him changed you see Faber means well but he's not a brave man Faber delivers an impressive lecture to guy on the topic of books books are quality he says they are visions of life they've got depth and complexity they scare people because they make them think TV is only a nasty claw that encloses you gee that's a vivid picture guy is becoming even more courageous by this point got nothing to lose he's got a plan perhaps he and Faber could join forces and start a printing press to bring a few more books into the world guy even plans to hide books in the houses of firemen the firehouses will be forced to burn up they could try and Infiltrate The System from within Faber has doubts shocked by Faber's weakness Guy starts ripping Pages out of the Bible that wakes the old man up Faber immediately panics and agrees to help he even gives guy one of his inventions a green bullet earphone when guy wears it Faber can listen in on his conversations and give him advice has guy found Freedom just to become someone else's mouthpiece what's the advantage in that well Faber has a lot of wisdom through the earphone Faber can help guy verbally battle Captain Beatty and anyone else who comes his way remember guy is still recovering from having a mind like a sieve war is all around them that night they're even mobilizing men to fight and guy can feel the tension in the air Faber promises to read to him over the earphone to help him sleep nothing like a bedtime story once guy arrives home it's been invaded by Millie's silly friends with their empty smiles everyone's busy looking awesome and being dazzled by The Parlor walls of the television harmless fun or is it it's all too shallow for guy he can't stand how oblivious they are to the crisis around them don't they care that there's a war on apparently not don't they care about their husbands fighting no why think when there's the distraction of bright lights and colors on the screen Milly's friends include a woman who despises children and a mother who sticks her own children in boarding schools to avoid them where's the love guy can't bear being around these Housewives any longer now that he's seen the light he's itching to convert them to his way of thinking Guy starts with a classic line let's talk the women are immediately uncomfortable these are ladies who give their votes to politicians because they have nice sounding names and look handsome not the best audience to read poetry to Faber warns guy through his earphone that he'll ruin everything but guys desperate enough to try he reads a beautiful poem called Dover Beach but his words Echo into emptiness one of the women starts crying when she hears the poem she doesn't know why and no one knows how to react this is what hearing a good poem can do but now the women are angry how dare guy try to upset their fun night with the family why did he have to read to them it's too much of a challenge to their Simple Minds the scene is set for conflict Millie can't cope her friends have left and she's reaching for the sleeping pills it's all too confronting when guy returns to work he has Faber in his ear for one last Showdown Captain Beatty knows what he's been up to reading never goes unpunished in this world but first there's a fire to start Captain Beatty and Guy Roar around in the fire engine is it just another night doing their job they stop right in front of guy's house guys going to have to burn down his own house can this world get any crazier [Music] we hope you enjoyed this 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