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Heinrich Heine, a German-Jewish poet, wrote: "Where one burns books, one will--in the end-- burn people." What does this mean? Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

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i definietly agree that burning books burns people. when you burn a book, a book iws written by a person, then you are essentially burning their ideas and without ideas and perspectives then we re nothing. For example if you burned every copy of Mein Kampf ever published and sold then we as peopl... more
by jacob
 
I agree with you, it does distroy the knowlage from the past and the ideas that people have that ... more
by Nicolas
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I agree with you. Books give us the information that we need. Without them, how would we know abo... more
by MaryJo Whitfield
 
I agree with you. When you burn a book you burn burn people. The book is like a person life. It i... more
by Elizabeth
 
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jacob
Olivia
I agree that burning books is burning people because people are informed by things going on in the world through reading sources, but when someone has taken out certain information there is miscommunication with the world, and slowly people who are being affected by this are tearing away from soc... more
by Julissa
 
you are so right julissa because they are burning good ideas.
by luz
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I think that in the end, burning books does lead to burning people. Books are people's thoughts and ideas put on paper. So, when you burn them, you are essentially destroying their ideas. If you take what a person thinks and make it meaningless enough times, it will destroy what they think entire... more
by Cameron
 
I agree with what you are saying. Burning these books that they have put their time and effort in... more
by Keiondra
 
I agree. By destroying ones opinion you are undoubtedly taking away from who they are mentally as... more
by Laquan
 
I agree with that if you burn the book, you are essentially destroying themselves because it took... more
by Kaitlyn M
 
I agree with this wholeheartedly. when you make someones ideas equal to nothing you make that per... more
by Victoria Best
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I agree with your idea. Because, once you destroy a person's thoughts it is gone forever, basical... more
by Jacarra
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I agree that burning books is burning people because people get their information through reading papers and literature, so when you take things such as papers and literature away from them they wouldn't get all of the necissary knowledge that they need.
by Olivia
 
I agree with you, people need to be able to have things like newspapers and literature so that th... more
by Courtney
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i agree because if they can not get their knowledge then it would be easy to manipulate people to... more
by jacob
 
I agree because when people burn books they may be trying to hide certain things from people
by james
 
I agree because that's how people learn and get more information and without that they wouldn't k... more
by Ayanna
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I Agree. If a person is willing to burn books which are apart of another culture then they are burning that person and what that person stand for and belives in.
by Victoria Best
 
{I pressed enter on accident} When someone write a book they create a lasting memorial of them ... more
by Victoria Best
 
I agree with you. I did not think of it this way. I can see what you mean when you said that to b... more
by Elizabeth
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I agree. People write down what they want to remember. Books are not just published to waste time... more
by MaryJo Whitfield
 
I agree because if they did believe in that book they are losing a part of them and their culture.
by Ayanna
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Books are a way to express ones opinion their personal beliefs and outlook on how they feel and the ideas are expressed in their writings. By burning books you are forever erasing the ideas that are a outer manifestation of the author their literature is an extension of themselves so burning a ... more
by Laquan Davis
 
I completely agree with you. Burning a book is like burning their ideas and the author; and burni... more
by Josh H
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Laquan
Individual, or Wole Society?
by Josh
Is it really the individual's ideology being destroyed, or is it the whole society, as the books ... more
 
Society is made up of individuals -- so it would be both wouldn't it? The details, and the small ... more
by NicholeD
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But, since you say that individuals make up society, then its society being destroyed, isn't it?
by John Brocklesby
 
It would be both because different ideologies are what make up a society. So in turn it would har... more
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I think he was saying that by burning books, you are in turn burning people because you are 'burning' their knowledge/beliefs. By burning a book, you are destroying its contents. The knowledge, opinions, or beliefs inside the book are also being destroyed. If someone burns a book, they are trying... more
by Courtney
 
I agree with this, I think that the Nazi's were destroying the books so that people couldn't see ... more
by Olivia
 
I agree because people put their heart and imagation into books, so by burning books you are actu... more
by james
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I think that this means that when a person does something wrong that it will cause something for something else to go wrong. When a person is wrong about something or goes against something it will have an affect on another person. An Example of this would when you do something wrong in your fami... more
by Elizabeth
 
I see what you're saying with the cause & effect concept. I think this is basically what we are a... more
by Cameron
 
Tho I can agree with your idea I think all in all your answer doesn't answer the question. By do... more
by Laquan
 
It isn't really necessarily saying that the person did something wrong. It's saying that the auth... more
by Kaitlyn M
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I think Heine means that when you take away somebodies idea, you take away them as a whole. Books influence people quite a bit. People influence people also so when you burn a book, you burn a person. I agree with Heine's quote because in the end, you either burn a book and a person, or you burn ... more
by Morgan
 
I see what you're saying. People are essentially made up of their ideas, so when you burn book, ... more
by Cameron
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by Josh H
I think the meaning of this is that, if you were to burn a book, it would also be like disrespect... more
 
I really like how you use the word disrespect. It is more of that than destroying.
by Cheyenne
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Books are the ideas and creativity of people. People express their feelings and emotions when they write. If you burn a book that was written about a persons childhood,you are destroying their life and memories. Books contain valuable lessons that people can learn from. If books were burned, no o... more
by MaryJo Whitfield
 
I agree with what you said, but I think that burning books have a deeper impact then just not bei... more
by Nicolas
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I would have to say that I agree with this statement. Why, because if it is saying you can burn things like books that can having meaning to them in there on way; then you should be able to burn people. Not necessarily setting them on fire but in regards to putting them down like they are nothing... more
by Keiondra
 
I agree with that if you are willing to commit such an evil as to censor and destroy ideas of a ... more
by Victoria Best
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I agree that burning books does burn people. books are written by people and are the peoples memories. By burning books, you burt their memories and any knowlage that that person has ever existed. The books are what people have writen therfor they are a reminder of what and who the person was. bu... more
by Nicolas
 
I agree with what you are saying, I did not think of it from that perspective, and that is a way ... more
by Keiondra
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I agree because once you get set to a certain opinion you are always going to think that way. I think that they said its burning people bacause you are going spread this opinions and are "burning" a persons mind in a way.
by Rocky
 
I agree with you because just like the Nazi's were set to a certain standard and they did absolut... more
by Jacarra
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It means that if you are getting rid of everything that is written about jews and non aryans, then ultimently you are wanting to get rid of everything non aryans; hince, burning people like you burned the books. I agree with this quote because when you want to get rid of everything against one gr... more
by Candice
 
I agree with your statement
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I agree because people put things down on books, but it doesnt matter what religion you are. One thing leads to another,if you burn a certain genre of books then you will go after those people who are from the same religion or race. For example the germans burned jewish books or anything related ... more
by luz
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I agree with the qoute because once you burn books, you are liable to try further ways of torture. I believe that the qoute means once you do something and get away with it, you begin to think of more ways to burn things. For instance, you stole a candy bar from a store and you get away with it. ... more
by Jacarra
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I agree with this quote because if someone does burn a book that's like burning someone. That book can be what they practice or believe in. It wouldn't be right to take that away and have them suffer. You are taking away their rights away and not allowing them to have individuality. It has a impa... more
by Ayanna
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I agree with this entirely. If you burn a book, you burn a persons ideas along with it. If you do that, you are also creating a new level of censoring peoples ideas and beliefs by burning that piece of literature. An example of this would be if you took a book written by Helen Keller and burned i... more
by Zack
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I agree
by Kaitlyn M
I agree that burning books will burn people because of that fact that books inform people through... more
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This means that if someone starts something and it really doesnt mean much that it can increase to much bigger and important things. It also depends on why the person is burning the books. For example, if someone is burning books just for fun their is no problem. If someone burns a book because i... more
by James
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by A S H T O N
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Burns your minset like a cd. put informatiion in your head that you have to live that way.
by Antonio Rosado
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I agree that holes have to be filled and the Germans had a great oppurtunity to fill their idealody in there which destroys the person of who they really are.
by Alexis Wright
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I think when someone else's mind burns, it is depriving of something that seems superior and go against a different ideology. Bookburning can undermine the world because a specific lifetime can bring ignorance to your life because you are not that exact race. Destroyed opinions reduce forgiven... more
by Millard
I think when someone else's mind burns, it is depriving of something that seems superior and go ... more
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Fish or Beef?
by Jordan Naber
Say I run a shop that sells only fish. The whole town that surrounds my shop enjoys fish. But ove... more
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I agree
by AbeerAskar
People have a bigger impact on the world than books. After the simple task of burning books you h... more
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I think this whole idea is creating soup and you want it to be good so you take out the bad and put in the good.
by Dess
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I agree
by John Reid
I agree because if you want to get rid of something you have to get rid of everything about it. s... more
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"burning someone's mind" means to take away from them basically deleting their memory and what they believe as well their mindset. You're taking away from their individuality who they really are.
by Dess
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Burning the Mind
by Josh
So, you're saying that when you burn the minds of people, and continuously state that Jews are wr... more
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According to britannica: A century earlier, Heinrich Heine—a German poet of Jewish origin—had said, “Where one burns books, one will, in the end, burn people.” In Nazi Germany, the time between the burning of Jewish books and the burning of Jews was eight years.
by NicholeD
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The quote "Where one burns books, one will--in the end burn people" means that someone who has the mind set or knowledge of that these books are "bad" is going to take it to heart. He is going to judge Jews or anything associated within these books by that opinion that he has gained. The people t... more
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I believe that Heinrich is saying that without books you are closing off people to an open mind which is hurting the people in the end - I agree with him
by KD
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I was kindof thinking like Ashton how he said that if they burn the books because they don't agree with the Nazi Ideology I believe they may do the same thing to the people that don't believe in it. They could possibly even get rid of the people who don't believe some other way suck as shooting ... more
by Ryan
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Agree because if you burn books, then burning the books doesn't accomplish everything after a while. You start keep taking a step up until you want to burn the people. They did this during the holocaust because they started burning the books, and then ended up burning people(Jews).
by Antonio Rosado
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Maybe someone won't want to give up their ideology, and maybe they aren't forced to, at first. However, when you take away books, ideas, things that govern people's culture, you leave room to for post-modernism to stick its foot in and make people forget how to live..
by John B
 
Is taking away the books really taking away their ideology? I mean, isn't the only thing it's doi... more
by Cheyenne
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I agree with the quote because books and ideas represent people and their beliefs and ideas. If you destroy the ideas, you destroy what makes people people in the end.
by NicholeD
 
Yes, but how do you destroy an idea? If it has no substance, is there any way to completely kill ... more
by Cheyenne
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Burning books is a form of censorship. When people censor things at all, it is because they are desperate to keep something hidden. For instance, in the book Fahrenheit 451, the firefighters burned books. They believed that the books were poisoning people's minds and whatnot. If someone is desper... more
by Cheyenne
 
i agree with you for the most part but if the said "person" burns literaly people, then he wilol ... more
by jacob
 
@Jarvis--Yes, but the burning of the books comes first. If the book-burning doesn't work, then th... more
by Cheyenne
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D. Dowden

In the United States, classical books are being censored. They are not allowed to be printed or sold. We have people in critical positions that have no allegiance to the Constitution. The generations after the baby boomer generation generation will live in the Divided States. As one that was born in 1953, I see it happening right before my eyes.

Thu, Jul 1, 2021

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Andrew

The only people who would burn books are extremists and by burning books with alternative ideas those people can not become less extreme only more so, as with the naziz

Tue, Dec 17, 2019

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