The plan that Montag puts forth at first is for them to
start printing books and secretly distributing them to the masses. Faber dismisses this
immediately; he has been around a bit longer than Montag, and has been on the other side
of the fire hose. He knows that if they started doing that, they would certainly be
caught by the firemen and toasted themselves. So, because of their sure certainty at
being caught by the firement, Faber says the only way it would work is
if
"somehow
the firemen structure itself could be burnt. Now, if you suggest that we print extra
books and arrange to have them hidden in firemen's houses all over the country, so that
the seeds of suspicion would be sown among these arsonists, bravo, I'd
say!"
Faber says this in a
joking manner, rather flippantly, not ever considering that Montag would leap on it and
really insist they do it. But Montag is in the first throws of angst and frustration
over realizing his entire life has been meaningless; he's itching for change, he's
craving action. So, Montag does jump on it, and says that since he's a firemen, who
better to know the names and addresses of the others? So, whether Faber was serious or
not, they end up going with that plan. I hope that helped; good
luck!
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