Book burning creates ignorance and chaos in societies; free speech should be
encouraged.
the worst threat of censorship is its ability to erase prominent writers from
history.
we are all guilty of censorship when we reject ideas that do not align with our
own.
2.
a.
b.
part b: which lines from the poem best support the answer to part a?
[rl.1]
"the cover goes first, then outer leaves / curling away, then spine and a
scattering" (lines 3-4)
“more disturbing / than book ashes are whole libraries that no one / got around
to writing" (lines 10-12)
"the terrorized countryside where wild dogs / own anything that moves" (lines
14-15)
"so i've burned books. and there are many/i haven't even written, and nobody
has." (lines 18-19)
[rl.4]
3.
part a: as used in line 13, what does the word "unthought" mean?
a. hostility toward censorship
r an inability to read