I chose to do our first EQ: Why do fire fighters burn books? This question is one of the more mysterious questions that this book presents, and one of the most important. The entire book focuses on a firefighter's developing thoughts. Yet it is never explained in clear terms why firefighters do this, we only get tidbits of information as to why this is. For example, "Not enough hurt in the world…" "…poetry and tears, poetry and suicide…" This could make you believe that this started because people were taking things too seriously and hurting themselves. The emotions drove people to extremes, so in an attempt to help the government started to burn books.
we chose the article "North Korea: On the net in the world's most secretive nation". The article and book do have some similarities. For example both focus on censorship. Ans example from the website," In a country were citizens are intentionally starved of any information other than government propaganda…" From "Fahrenheit 451", " Technology, mass exploitation,and minority pressure…Today, thanks to them you can stay happy all the time…" These two quotes give you a feel of how the people are being censored. Both are having their access to information limited. In North Korea they can only find information that the government deems "acceptable". In "Fahrenheit 451" people could only read comics because they were not as offensive and pointless as books.
The article and book are different in what is censored. In the article,"…the internet too is dictated by the needs of the state…" In "Fahrenheit 451", "…while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn…" These two quotes explain the two different ways that these two different societies are being censored. While North Korea focuses more on the internet, "Fahrenheit 451" focuses more on books. While North Korea gives incorrect information, "Fahrenheit 451" gives none and hopes that no one asked too many questions. Though they use different means the out come is the same, the public is censored
The article and book are different in what is censored. In the article,"…the internet too is dictated by the needs of the state…" In "Fahrenheit 451", "…while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn…" These two quotes explain the two different ways that these two different societies are being censored. While North Korea focuses more on the internet, "Fahrenheit 451" focuses more on books. While North Korea gives incorrect information, "Fahrenheit 451" gives none and hopes that no one asked too many questions. Though they use different means the out come is the same, the public is censored
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