Self-censorship is what a person does to themself in order to avoid criticism from whom they live around or their peers. When we keep ourselves from writing and expressing our creativity we become our own self-censors. In the poem, “Burning a Book,” by William Stafford, the reader is able to imagine the burning of a book in a creative way, and compare something that is thought to be a more severe situation. A book written by, Ray Bradbury, named, “Fahrenheit 451,” provides the reader with an understanding of the problems in a controversial society where someone would care about something so much that they would be willing to commit suicide over it. These texts share a theme of how we are all our own self-censors when we suppress what we care about for the sake of society.
The author of, “Burning a Book,” believes that books that seem uninteresting should be burned just for that fact instead of the books that are actually relevant and creative. “And some books ought to burn, trying for character but just faking it.”(8-10) Many readers might receive the interpretation of there being books that are trying to be interesting just for the fun of it. The books that are meaningful and relate to the problems that …show more content…
In this town there are firemen who do the opposite of what many peoples interpretation of a fireman is. Throughout this society citizens have alarm cards that are used to warn the firmen of a violation of the law. For instance there was a location that the firemen were called to because there was a citing of books. The case had an unexpected result of a lady starting a fire at her home full of books but they did not expect her to remain in side of the burning house. “The woman on the porch reached out with contempt to them all, and struck the kitchen match against the railing.” (37) In this society the law treats books as an equivalent to
The author of, “Burning a Book,” believes that books that seem uninteresting should be burned just for that fact instead of the books that are actually relevant and creative. “And some books ought to burn, trying for character but just faking it.”(8-10) Many readers might receive the interpretation of there being books that are trying to be interesting just for the fun of it. The books that are meaningful and relate to the problems that …show more content…
In this town there are firemen who do the opposite of what many peoples interpretation of a fireman is. Throughout this society citizens have alarm cards that are used to warn the firmen of a violation of the law. For instance there was a location that the firemen were called to because there was a citing of books. The case had an unexpected result of a lady starting a fire at her home full of books but they did not expect her to remain in side of the burning house. “The woman on the porch reached out with contempt to them all, and struck the kitchen match against the railing.” (37) In this society the law treats books as an equivalent to