Intelligent, patient, and confident in the strength of the human spirit; the leader of a group of hobo intellectuals Montag finds in the country; Granger. What does Granger mean when he says, “‘...bums on the outside, libraries inside…”’ (Bradbury, 146)? And how does it relate to what the author of “Fahrenheit 451,” Ray Bradbury has said about books? To begin with, Granger described his intelligent group, “‘...This is Fred Clement, former occupant of the Thomas Hardy chair at Cambridge in the years before it became an Atomic Engineering School. This other is Dr. Simmons from U.C.L.A., a specialist in Ortega y Gasset; Professor West here did quite a bit for ethics, an ancient study now, for Columbia University quite some years ago. Reverend Padover here gave a few lectures thirty years ago and lost his flock between one Sunday and the next for his views. …show more content…
Myself: I wrote a book called The Fingers in the Glove; the Proper Relationship between the Individual and Society…”’ (Bradbury, 143); and Montag described the men as hobo-like individuals, “...dressed in dark blue denim pants and jackets and dark blue shirts...The faces around him were bearded, but the beards were clean, neat, and their hands were clean…” (Bradbury, 140). This relates to what Granger said because his group was presented to be hobo-like and unintelligent, but they are actually full of knowledge and life. What Granger has said reminded me of what Ray Bradbury has said about books, “You don’t have to destroy books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” Books can be destroyed, but you can’t take away knowledge; people will continue to make books and pass on knowledge to