Read the following article and respond to the following questions:
* As a dictator, why would it be in Hitler's best interest to burn books with "unGerman"
ideas.
* How might the act of destroying books impact future generations? How might it affect the victims'? How might it affect the aggressors?
* Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
* Can you make any connections with something that you've seen, read, or experienced?
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* How might the act of destroying books impact future generations?
It shows that the past is being brought up again. And might lead to another genocide.
How might it affect the victims'?
It might go as far as killings
How might it affect the aggressors?
I don't understand this question
* Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
That we don't need intelligence only the strong will survive.
* Can you make any connections with something that you've seen, read, or experienced?
No nothing comes to mind.
It would be in Hitler's interests to burn books with non-german ideas because if there are no books to contradict his views he will have more total control.
The act of destroying books impacted future generations because it was an extreme act of German might. It affected the victims because in the heat of the event, who knows what the Nazis might have done, they might have turned to burning the people too. It would increase the overall group mentality of the aggressors because they were united in an act of hatred.
Book burning sends the message that the aggressors hate and reject all other views but their own.
One thing that is related to the burning of the books by the Nazis, is suicide bombings and such in Iraq. Both are extreme acts of hatred against another party other than the aggressor's.
1. They burned books because they were afraid that the people would have too much outside influence. All dictators want to control the peoples' minds.
2.Books open people's minds up to the truth and Hitler could not let the truth affect His plans for world domination.
-Because it would give Germans the belief that they are above other ideals coming from different walks of life.
-The burning of books would influence later generations by teaching them not to respect different beliefs and make them underestimate the importance of books. It would affect the victims by destroying apart of their culture and losing apart of their history.
-Book burning makes a statement and serves as almost an attack on not only a certain people, but everyone.
-The preservation of records and books is like preserving ruins or monuments because they provide information about the history of man and could answer essential questions.
"Book Burning" Answers
As a dictator, why would it be in Hitler's best interest to burn books with "unGerman"
ideas.
A: Because that way others won't read what ideas that are not German are.
* How might the act of destroying books impact future generations? How might it affect the victims'? How might it affect the aggressors?
A: The act of destroying books miht impact future generations because they won't be able to read what was written during that time. It won't let them acknowledge the ideas of other people.It might affect the aggressors by not seeing how bad the things were that they did.
* Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
A: The statement might be that people should just believe what other people tell them.
* Can you make any connections with something that you've seen, read, or experienced?
A: I can't really make any connections with something that I have seen, read, or experienced
Hitler would like to rid the german world of these book, because with these non German ideas burned there will be no other ideas left, except for those that Hitler agrees with.
Future German children will no longer have these books at there disposal and will never know the ideas and thoughts written in them. The victims of the book burings were furious with the idea of burning all books that did not agree with the Nazi ideals. The Nazis were wrong in doing this but in their eyes they were reassuring the Nazi future.
Burning the books of the enemy shows them that their ideas will not be tolerated and if you disagree with Hitler then you will burn just like the books.
In the book Don Quixote they burn all of Don's books in an attempt to rid him of the ideas of knighthood and chivalry.
* As a dictator, why would it be in Hitler's best interest to burn books with "unGerman"
ideas.
A= For Him not to allow people to believe in something different other than what Hitler thinks.
* How might the act of destroying books impact future generations? How might it affect the victims'? How might it affect the aggressors?
A=It affects them because it does not allow anybody else to gain knowledge from somebody else's perspective/ point of view/ way of thinking.
* Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
A=It could be that people should only believe in what they are told from their leader.
* Can you make any connections with something that you've seen, read, or experienced?
A= no I can not relate anything to ths topic for the moment.
By: Fernanda Flores
This article realy struck me as significant.
I would have to agree with Chris on what he said about burning books, if Hitler had no books to contradict him, he would be in total and complete control.
It would affect everyone, because not only are books great ways to pass the time with amazing stories, they can be invaluable assets for reasearch and can provide you with many important facts.
Burning books could state that the burners dont care what is the books, and really dont care what they are destorying or might destroy.
The only thing that I can connect to this article is Chapter 6 of Don Q. Im pretty sure this is why we are going to study that chapter today in class.
1) It would be in Hitler's best interest to burn al unGerman books to rid his followers of the opportunity to learn about the rest of the world and to possibly start to realize what he is doing is wrong and form their own opinions.
2) Book burning will pause the ability for future generations to learn about other time periods and significant events that have ocurred in history. It will give the victims the inability to think on their own. And the aggressors the ability to keep their followers believing everything they say.
3) Book buring states that the modern way is the right way. Books contain options. Options that leaders such as Hitler don't want his people to know about.
4) The Bush Administration is censoring us from what's really going on and only telling us what we want to hear because they know that the majority of our population wouldn't approve what is actually going on.
1.) they burned the books because they were scared that people were going to get to much information about the outside world,that they were giog to have their own opinion about what was happening
2.) the victims of what, the people that were burning the books or the people the had their own opinion
3.) it would be a good thing for the people that were bunring the books cause people had to following them and what they were saying.
4.) they are over everything and the only other way to get information is by reading.
5.) no
How might the act of destroying books impact future generations? How might it affect the victims'? How might it affect the aggressors?
I guess the Nazis burn the books because Hitler is afraid that the people would have too much outside influence by reading books.
Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
They are sending a messages that can impact the people.
1.Destryoing books can impact future generations because by burning the books you are burning the information that they contain. If one generation destroys the information within books, the future generation wont be as educated.
2.The victims are getting their ability to think the way they want taken away. If they are limited to what books they can read, it creats limits on what they can think about.
3.The aggressors are empowered by being able to burn the books because they are only allowing people to think and read what they believe in.
4.It sends a negative message because it limits the ability for certain people to express their culture.
5.In today's world, our government only tells us what we want to hear so that we think everything is going fine, when in reality it isn't.
*Hitler's interest to burn unGerman books, was because he was against Jewish religion. Although he, himself had Jewish within his own family. He worked really hard to enforce his idea of racial purity among German people and caused the slaughter of millions of Jews, Sinti and Roma (Gypsies), Slavic peoples, and many others, all of whom he considered inferior. He wanted to conquer the world.
* Hitlers act of destroying books would impact the future generation in the sence that the generation won't have a complex and understanding or prove of the history. The way this would affect the victims is that their work and past would have insufficient evidence and work. The aggressors would have a chance to make their own change and make history the way they would want it to be and make themselves the heroes.
*The connection I can make is how now in different parts of the US and Mexico people form different religions go to your house knock in your door and try to convinece you to change into their religion.
1)Because its bringing up the past and they dont want that to happen because it might cause unessary problems.
2)So many violent things can happen they might have to end up killing innocent victims.
3)They are sending out a message that is saying the agressors hate when their ideas get rejected and not others.
4)Nothing really comes to mind that can really be connected.
By burning "unGerman" books, Hitler would be able to re-inforce his theories and beliefs and send a message to all those who oppose Nazi actions and ideals. Like Hitler and others who burned books, the threat and negative they tried to get across could have some effect on future generations. Book burning is symbolic of burning or destroying a certain culture, idea, or belief and can be offensive and unsettling to be the victim of such actions. Book burning most likely empowers those burning the books. In Don Quixote, some of Don Q's friends burnt his books to try to rid him of his dillusions. I did not interpret this event as a malicious means of gaining power, but as a negative way to try and curb Don Quixote's insanity.
1. It is in his interest because people will only be reading German books so people will only know German ideas instead of others ideas.
2.It impacts other generations because they will try to do the same.
It affects the victims because their career and/or beliefs and ideas will vanish.
It affects them in a good way because they will keep on doing this and they will get others to join them.
3. It could be that they want to personally attack the writers and the people that believe in those ideas.
4. I don't think i can make any connections with anything
Many of you expressed some interesting ideas and analysis. Others, however, need to spend more time elaborating on some of their claims. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
Paul
Hitler was the type of person who wanted to dominate the minds of the people. He wanted those books to burn so no other source of ideas are present among the German people during that time. As books, burn, so do the ideas. The ideals lost tomorrow are lost also lost in the future.
The entire Idea of burning books is to control the minds of the people. By getting rid of books, ideas will go up in smokes. This reminds me of the movie, the Monkey King. What it was about a quest to save a book from burning. This book is called the Journey to the West. This book inspired progress among the Chinese. If the book burned completely, all progress in the world would be lost. So, I think the act of burning books is to prevent progress.
1.
Hitler may think that if people read about these un-German things, they may start to think that what Hitler is doing is wrong.
2(a).
The act of destroying the books showed people that the Nazi's really did have control and basically said, "Don't mess with Hitler, or you'll be next."
2(b).
The victims probably realized that that if they spoke up, they would be punished for believing such "foul" things.
2(c).
They would feel more powerful, more confident knowing that they have "destroyed history"
3.It shows that you think you are beyond the need of knowledge.
4. Chapter six of Don Quixote, they throw all the "evil" books out the window to be burned because they think those books might influence people (Don Quixada/Quixote in this case) to do dangerous things.
As a dictator, why would it be in Hitler's best interest to burn books with "unGerman" ideas?
It would be of best interest to him because no knowledge of outside opinions are barred from the public, meaning that people never have the chance to critique the opinion of Hitler. Ergo, leading to a state-sponsored idea for each topic, which is now regarded as fact by the public. People are naive to critical thinking, which leads to ignorance and gullibility of their minds.
How might the act of destroying books impact future generations? How might it affect the victims'? How might it affect the aggressors?
Future generations have lost years and centuries of ideas that have revolutionized thinking and thus the way we live. By destroying those books, research is not available, leading to the reproduction of old experiments and concepts that will take up time when they could be going forward with what was once established. Everything starts over.
Victims now lose their voice and opinions. What exists after the fire is of the same opinion,leading to one "superior" idea. Aggressors grow stronger, and face little opposition.
Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
"We don't like you or your mental process. You can't hide from us anymore, and we are outnumbering you even though you're still here."
Can you make any connections with something that you've seen, read, or experienced?
I am aware of abstinence-only sex education, and I have gone through two years of it. People are being barred from how to control their sexuality and are being told something that is not as effective as regular sex education. Abstinence-only reduces education and knowledge of sex amongst people, while providing more people with more research is much more effective.
Burning books with "unGerman"
ideas was in Hitler's best interest because he was able to destroy the ideals that were contrary to his own.
Destroying books impact future generations by erasing the ideas that came before. When a book is burned, a piece of history is destroyed. Victims will be without precious information and history. Imagine if we had no information on the founding of the United States. Burning books could change the morals of the aggressors future generations. If your ancestors did something, it can become more and more accepted.
Book burning send the message that the information in the book is bad in some way, it could be wrong, in the "unGerman" example, or it could be harmful, like in Don Quixote. The priest in Don Quixote burned books, to protect the church from outside ideas, much like the Nazis did to protect their beliefs.
1)so that the people of germany know no other ideas or ways, other than the german way.
2)because if they burn the book people in the future will not be able to read he book, making them ignorant to the subject of the book. by burning the book it is disresecting the person who wrote the book. they will gain pride in burning the book.
3)It is an ultimate way of disrespecting an author.
4)i have never burned a book but i have burned my school work at the end of the year. and it is a way of forgetting about it, and getting rid of it permentnantly
1)Hitler most likely led the burning of the books with unGerman content in order to destroy any documents that don't agree with his ideas. Followers may form their own opinions after reading such material, therefore stray from Hitler's initial principles.
2)It proves connection to other book burning episodes, such as those of the middle ages. It shows that over time, history can indeed repeat itself, and people aren't always necessarily as advanced as they believe. As any other events during the Holocaust, it's an important lesson in ignorance. It effects the victims by destroying part of their history and literature culture. As for the aggressors, it's an act they believe is committed for the good of the people; an act of power and superiority.
3)Book burning is most definitely a statement, and one of disrespect. It's basically a showcase of how much hate Hitler had for the "unGermans"...so much that he felt the need to destroy cultural art and a segment of their lives.
4)The article reminds me of a book I began reading although never finished, Fahrenheit 451, in which the job of a fireman is to burn books. It also relates to Don Quixote (chapter six) where relatives and friends of Quixote burn the books that apparently tainted his mind and made him go mad.
1. Becasue he wanted people to focus on his ideas soley and hope of anything is better off destroyed.
2. Well there is the physical sence, all those being destroyed that could have been used by later generations. Then, you have to look at how close minded these people are being, wiht only one kind of book how well rounded wil those later generations be? and then when they do come into contact wiht a diffrent book they wont understand its value becasue of the way people before them treated it.
3. That nothing else besides a single view point is acceptable.
4.well obviously wiht don quixote and this article. Boht people thoguth that books were influencing people too much in a wrong way. Its sad to think that these people see free thinking and an imagination as something foolish.
Hitler wanted all unGerman books burned to make his presence stronger and to eliminate all "inferior" ideas.
Future generations can no longer gain the information presented in the books.
An author that had the copies of their book burned would be destroyed as a author because their work would no longer be assessable.
How might it affect the aggressors?
A Nazi, or any other perpetrator, would feel stronger as a group by putting down another.
That only one form of education is okay and all others should be burned.
In Don Quixote there is a book burning in result that characters thought books were responsible for making Don Quixote crazy.
* As a dictator, why would it be in Hitler's best interest to burn books with "unGerman"
ideas.
-Because Hilter wouldn't want his people to discover new ideas and turn on him because they agree with those ideas more.
* How might the act of destroying books impact future generations? How might it affect the victims'? How might it affect the aggressors?
-It might impact the future because it is just more books that the future might want or need that are being destroyed. It might affect the victims because it is destroying their ideas that they have put into the books they wrote. It is affecting the aggressors because they won't be able to learn these new ideas.
* Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
-That they are destroying their ideas and thoughts and they are not valued to them.
* Can you make any connections with something that you've seen, read, or experienced?
-The only real connection I can make is with the scene in Don Quixote and Fahrenheit 451.
* As a dictator, why would it be in Hitler's best interest to burn books with "unGerman"ideas.
-so that way noone would believe in anything other than his ideas
* How might the act of destroying books impact future generations? How might it affect the victims'? How might it affect the aggressors?
-it would impact the,because future generations would only know whatwastaught to them they would not be able to say "i want tolearnmore,letme reada book about it".there learning would be limited.
* Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
-the message that it sends would be that who ever burns the books want people toonly belive what they tell them.
* Can you make any connections with something that you've seen, read, or experienced?
-no i can not at this moment relate to anything ive read.
* As a dictator, why would it be in Hitler's best interest to burn books with "unGerman"
ideas.
It is like the same thing that happened in Don Quixote. Just because they could not understand the books they had to burn them.
* How might the act of destroying books impact future generations?
The future generations would not be able to learn. It would lead up to people becoming less smarter
How might it affect the victims'?
The people would not be as smart as they are today if that happened.
How might it affect the aggressors?
They would gain nothing out of it.
* Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
That some people can not understand what books are so they feel that they must destroy them.
* Can you make any connections with something that you've seen, read, or experienced?
In the book Don Quixote they do this same thing just to see if the man would become normal to them.
1. As a dictator, why would it be in Hitler's best interest to burn books with "unGerman"
ideas?
-Because, as he is trying to reform Germany into his vision of what a perfect world would be, having these books around that are going against all of the thoughts he has tried to input into the citizens' minds. Thus it is likely that they would begin confusing the people of Germany and could possibly result in the citizens' rebelling.
2. How might the act of destroying books impact future generations?
- Because important historical documents may have been burned, which has the possibility of altering our thoughts on current day society.
How might it affect the victims'?
- Because people put their thoughts and minds into these books that have been burned and it is could be thought of silencing them of their freedom.
How might it affect the aggressors?
- It would make them stronger, showing the people, "look what we can do" and instilling fear in the people of Germany.
3. Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
- It shows a disrespect to authors, and by burning the ideas that these books instilled in the readers minds, when burning them it sends a clear message saying these ideas are wrong, it's a time of change and it is time for you to follow our new rules.
4. Can you make any connections with something that you've seen, read, or experienced?
- I think something that is going on in current day society that may relate to this topic is what is going on with the Bush Administration and how they may not be filling in the general public with the all the information that is going on in the United States. I think they are doing this because they know if they did expose all the information, they know they would receive a very negative response.
* As a dictator, why would it be in Hitler's best interest to burn books with "unGerman"
ideas.
It is like the same thing that happened in Don Quixote. Just because they could not understand the books they had to burn them.
* How might the act of destroying books impact future generations?
The future generations would not be able to learn. It would lead up to people becoming less smarter
How might it affect the victims'?
The people would not be as smart as they are today if that happened.
How might it affect the aggressors?
They would gain nothing out of it.
* Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
That some people can not understand what books are so they feel that they must destroy them.
* Can you make any connections with something that you've seen, read, or experienced?
In the book Don Quixote they do this same thing just to see if the man would become normal to them.
Hitler would have one clear reason for burning books that defy the "German" idea. He wanted to keep his followers ignorant to anything that was in the books, and also wanted to put the idea out there that the things inside said books are dangerous and "wrong". He obviously wanted to keep his followers in the dark and under his control.
Things like this harm future generations. In showing them this, we give them the inclination that burning books is the right way to defy an idea when we really should be showing them that they should use their voices. It is teaching the new generation to be ignorant to an open mind. Overall, though, it is harmful to everyone.
Burning books, to me, is not expressing a message per se, but defying other messages. They burn the ideas that they believe to be a threat. Nothing more.
Well, like I said, my uncle accidentally attended a book burning where they were destroying books that either demeaned or contradicted the Bible. Also, in Don Quixote, there is a book burning.
As my attitude may have suggested, I believe that book burning is one of the worst things that you can ever do. All it shows is pure ignorance.
By burning the books the non-German would not have any educations. Thinking of who ever read books is taken by the evil. Thats what the Hitler intension.
Burning books the history would not be told. People would not know what happen in the past or live the fantasies of tales.
Aggressors thinks about what they want to think, so that's why they can do what they want to do.
Burning books send that reading was bad for the educations, and people could not believe or have any intelligents to life.
Don Quixote is related to the belief.
The act of burning books would make sure that ideas would not be spread to future generations. Many ideas found in these "ungerman" books are dangerous to the Nazi regime.
The act of burning books would affect the victims of the regime by effectively silencing them. Without books, the victims are essentially powerless.
The aggressors would be given more power over the people who can't read the books.
Book burning sends the message of hate against the Jews. It sends the message of how anyone who is "ungerman" does not deserve to have their say.
The biggest connection I make is to Sarah Palin trying to ban books in Alaska and firing librarians
As a dictator, why would it be in Hitler's best interest to burn books with "unGerman"
ideas.
I think that the Germans felt that they had to burn the book because there was no way that other people could contrict them.
How might the act of destroying books impact future generations? How might it affect the victims'? How might it affect the aggressors?
Because we wont be able to kow the history of the Germans back then.
Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
UMMM. not sure
1) It may have been in Hitler’s best interest because he promoted German ideas; anything that would prove him wrong would be a threat to his competence as a leader and therefore supply people with a reason to question him. This would result in a loss of some amount of power on his part.
2) Destroying of books leaves less behind for future generations to better interpret the past and the ideas of that time. In general whether victim or aggressor in this situation burning of these books or any strongly violent act would create this sense that you could only believe one thing and had to be on the side of the aggressors. The victims most likely were afraid, if aggressors were willing to burn their ideas and values who knows what they thought about them as people. The aggressors most likely had that mob mentality where once the situation elevated to book burning and speeches about book burning the fear drove people to the “mob”.
3) Book burning may be the violent demonstration of the illicit ideas that these books are written from or about, it says that if you even think about following suit with these books there is the threat of the fire.
4) The book burning is a threat that says don’t follow suit. An example of threat and don’t follow suit was during the reign of King Henry VIII, he as an example to the court beheaded one of his friends, the Duke of Buckinghamshire, because King Henry VII was demonstrating that he would not tolerate the neigh saying of his requests, this said to everyone else don’t follow suit.
1. * As a dictator, why would it be in Hitler's best interest to burn books with "unGerman"
ideas.
With no books people will not be educated and could rebel and even impeach the Nazi leader.
2. * How might the act of destroying books impact future generations? How might it affect the victims'? How might it affect the aggressors?
If the parents are not educated then the children will have the same mentality as there parents then there wont be any problems to the leaders.
3. * Book burning sends a strong statement. What might it be?
That everyone who wants to be educated must have some literature its just to see what some people did to solve there problems.
4. * Can you make any connections with something that you've seen, read, or experienced?
In Don Quixote there was a part in the book that 4 of Don Q.'s friends burned his books because they thought it made him crazy.
1. What strikes you about this art of protest?
The things that struck me were the colors because some of them look scary. Also, I think that paintings seem depressing and scary because most of the painting has blood coming out of people’s mouth when they are being executed.
2. Do you think anything will come of it?
In my opinion nothing would come out of this.
3. Are the artist's positions valid, or has he failed to consider other factors about society?
I think it’s valid even though I don’t believe in capital punishment. I also think that Montoya is trying to point out something which was the good things that can come out of his art work.
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