How does Faber define the value of books? Does his definition of "quality" apply to media other than printed books? Do you think his definitions are accurate or not? Explain using specific examples for the text in your argument.
Faber defines the value of books as many different things. "Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget." In this quote, Faber is referring to books as a resource of holding information. Through this quote, Faber is basically saying that books take things deriving from many different sources in put it all into one complete thing, "they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us." Another thing Faber says about books is that they have way more then meets the eye, "This book can go under the microscope." This means that if you look at it more closely, you'll find more. Faber defines books as something holding information and detail on life that you can't see with your own eyes. To sum it up he says, "They show the pores in the face of life." This means that it shows the unseen things in life, the pores being the unseen things and life being the face as a whole.
I don't think Faber's definition of quality applies to media, just printed books. Media prefers to show extremes and only the good things. They don't show you everything, just what they want you to see. I think media can be most closely associated with another quote from Faber, "The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, pore less, hairless, expressionless." Even when the media is showing you something bad about society or whatever topic they're discussing, they only show you one perspective and many times don't allow you to think for yourself.
I personally disagree with his definitions. Books certainly do display detail and excessive information, but that's not the sole purpose. Everybody gets their own benefits from reading and everyone reads for a different purpose. The author of a book did not sit down with his priority in his book being to tell detail. Author's have a unique perspective of their own they want to share with the world. "Do you know why books such as this are important? Because they have quality." I disagree with this quote because there are many reasons why books are important. Every book is important for a different reason, it just depends on the individual. Books aren't important because they have quality, quality is just an essential or distinctive characteristic. Everything on this planet has quality, a book is not important because of it's quality, quality to one person is garbage to another. Books are important because they offer knowledge, information on an endless variety of topics.
