Professor Faber
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Professor Faber is a retired English professor in Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" who secretly preserves and advocates for literature and critical thought in a society that bans books.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Professor Faber canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10209957 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Professor Faber Context triple: [Guy Montag, influencedByCharacter, Professor Faber]
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Target entity: Professor Faber Target entity description: Professor Faber is a retired English professor in Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" who secretly preserves and advocates for literature and critical thought in a society that bans books.
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A.
Martin Dysart
Martin Dysart is the troubled child psychiatrist in Peter Shaffer’s play "Equus," whose treatment of a disturbed boy forces him to confront his own doubts about passion, normality, and the cost of psychological "cure."
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B.
Professor Burris
Professor Burris is the skeptical psychology professor and narrator of B.F. Skinner’s utopian novel "Walden Two," through whose perspective the experimental community is explored and critiqued.
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C.
Professor LeBlanc
Professor LeBlanc is a recurring comedic character from the classic American radio and television series "The Jack Benny Program."
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D.
Professor Bhaer
Professor Bhaer is a kind, intellectually inclined German immigrant and love interest of Jo March in the 1994 film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s "Little Women."
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E.
Professor Unrat
Professor Unrat is a satirical novel by Heinrich Mann that critiques bourgeois morality through the story of a repressed schoolteacher whose obsession with a cabaret singer leads to his downfall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English professor
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
books
ⓘ
critical thinking ⓘ literature ⓘ |
| alliesWith | the book people (indirectly) ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Fahrenheit 451 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Guy Montag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cautious
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fearful ⓘ intellectual ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ secretive ⓘ |
| communicatesWith | Guy Montag via two-way earpiece ⓘ |
| createdBy | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fears |
the authoritarian state
ⓘ
the firemen ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Fahrenheit 451 (1953 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | dystopian fiction character ⓘ |
| givesTo | Guy Montag a two-way communication device ⓘ |
| helps | Guy Montag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences | Guy Montag’s ideological transformation ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
foil to the conformist society
ⓘ
voice of reason ⓘ |
| livesIn | a future American city (unnamed) ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation |
English professor
ⓘ
professor ⓘ |
| opposes |
book burning
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censorship ⓘ |
| regrets | his past inaction against censorship ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
mentor figure
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supporting character ⓘ |
| secretlyPreserves |
books
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| secretlySupports | book readers ⓘ |
| settingEra | unspecified future ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
freedom of thought
ⓘ
intellectual resistance ⓘ the value of books ⓘ |
| teachesSubject |
English
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literature ⓘ |
| universe | Fahrenheit 451 universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workPublishedIn | 1953 ⓘ |
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Subject: Professor Faber Description of subject: Professor Faber is a retired English professor in Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel "Fahrenheit 451" who secretly preserves and advocates for literature and critical thought in a society that bans books.
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