Burning Down the House

10/18/2018

"Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings."
- Heinrich Heine (1821)

Explain the quote above. Why do you think Heine makes the leap from burning books to burning people? What are some cultures you are aware of that burn books? Are those cultures also dangerous to people?

73 Comments

Lani Belgarde

10/18/2018 01:15:20 pm

Heineken makes the leap from burning books to burning people because in a way to burn a book is to burn a person because if you burn books you are destroying culture.

Lani Belgarde

10/18/2018 01:16:11 pm

Heine*

Emma Dahle

10/18/2018 01:21:25 pm

That is a true statement saying that it can destroy cultures.

Blazer Burgess

10/18/2018 01:16:35 pm

Burning books is basically the same as burning people. Nazi’s used to burn books. I’d say they were pretty dangerous.

Griffin Mylan

10/18/2018 01:17:44 pm

Nice comment, Blazer

Preston

10/18/2018 01:18:29 pm

Very true

Caden Caywood

10/18/2018 01:19:38 pm

I agree Blazer

Griffin Mylan

10/18/2018 01:17:18 pm

I think that Heine already had some sort of radical idea inside of his head that came from burning books. I’m don’t know of any groups that burn books but they are probably dangerous because if they can’t handle the opinions of others than who knows what they might do.

Blazen Burgess

10/18/2018 01:18:16 pm

That’s a very intelligent comment.

Caden Caywood

10/18/2018 01:17:47 pm

It starts by burning books but by doing that you are burning part of what some people are. I think he’s saying that burning books is very close to burning humans because of the knowledge you lose. The Nazis, I would definitely consider them dangerous 😂

Griffin Mylan

10/18/2018 01:18:17 pm

I can definitely agree 😂💯👌🏼

Aidan’s Adams

10/18/2018 01:18:51 pm

Lmao 😭😭😭😂 can’t breathe

Blazen Burgess

10/18/2018 01:19:57 pm

I would consider them pretty dangerous too.

Johnny

10/18/2018 01:20:57 pm

Yeah we lose knowledge

Aidan Adams

10/18/2018 01:17:53 pm

Because they want to destroy the knowledge and if some people still have the knowledge, gotta get rid of them somehow. A culture that burns books was the Nazis and the Mongols burnt Muslim libraries down back in the day, well the libraries and the whole town was burnt. Those cultures were very bad.

Emma Dahle

10/18/2018 01:20:21 pm

It does destroy knowledge when burning books.

Johnny

10/18/2018 01:21:43 pm

They were bad

Preston

10/18/2018 01:18:03 pm

The quotes basically saying that if you burn books, the memory of humans or history of humans will go away. Because books is how people keep record of the world. I don’t know of any cultures that burn books.

Faith

10/18/2018 01:21:04 pm

I agree

Emma Dahle

10/18/2018 01:18:46 pm

The quote above explains that if we are burning books or imagination of the book soon we will start burning peoples uniqueness and imigination. He makes the leap because it has the same concept that we are burning imaginations and creativity. I not aware of any cultures that burn books.

Ariana

10/18/2018 01:21:04 pm

I agree, we are burning imaginations

Sammy H.

10/18/2018 01:21:25 pm

I like the point of view you took on this.

Sam

10/18/2018 01:22:03 pm

True. Books are the portal to imagination.

Jordan

10/18/2018 01:22:09 pm

I agree with you

Chayla Slavin

10/18/2018 01:22:09 pm

Your statement about how burning books is like burning creativity and imagination is true.

Avery

10/18/2018 01:18:58 pm

If we burn books then we are burning knowledge. Soon enough we won’t have any knowledge left and we will be unless.

Eli

10/18/2018 01:20:27 pm

I but the same thing.

Dillon

10/18/2018 01:20:44 pm

I agree we would all be unless.

Faith

10/18/2018 01:21:57 pm

I agree completely

Taylee Matthews

10/18/2018 01:26:43 pm

Worded good Avery

Sammy H.

10/18/2018 01:19:16 pm

Once the books run out they will have to find other things that humans disagree with. I can only think of Hitler burning books and taking control of the Jews. People are always at risk of being taken over by others who want power or think they are right.

Chayla Slavin

10/18/2018 01:22:51 pm

I agree with your last statement.

Avery

10/18/2018 01:27:28 pm

I agree!!

Caden Caywood

10/18/2018 01:19:17 pm

Crying emoji ^

Ariana

10/18/2018 01:19:24 pm

I think this means that books contain knowledge and when they burn we are pretty much burning ourselves. I’m not aware of any culture that burn books.

Avery

10/18/2018 01:22:15 pm

I agree!

Chayla Slavin

10/18/2018 01:19:32 pm

People are shaped from what they write and what they read. Books are a part of our culture. I have never heard of a culture that burns books but I do believe that it is dangerous to the people.

Sam

10/18/2018 01:23:31 pm

I agree. I feel you take books away then you are taking away someone’s privilege to imagination.

Treygan

10/18/2018 01:24:17 pm

Your first statement is good

Taylee Matthews

10/18/2018 01:27:14 pm

Yes I totally agree

Eli

10/18/2018 01:19:43 pm

Heine made the leap from books to people is because he is saying if we burn books we are burning are knowledge. The nazis are a example of people who burned books and hurt human beings. These types of cultures are dangerous.

Dillon

10/18/2018 01:21:49 pm

Those cultures tried burning all our knowledge.

Will

10/18/2018 01:26:08 pm

Very thought out comment, nice job Eli.

Johnny

10/18/2018 01:19:51 pm

As we burn books, we’re loosing a chance to grow and learn in a way. One reason I think he goes from books to emphasize the importance of books. Nazis burned books and they’re dangerous.

Eli

10/18/2018 01:21:49 pm

i agree that nazis where dangerous

Treygan

10/18/2018 01:26:30 pm

I agree good job

Dillon

10/18/2018 01:19:51 pm

Heine is saying that if you burn books you are ruining human kind. Natzis burned books during the war. The Natzis were very dangerous people because they were burning all their knowledge.

Caden Caywood

10/18/2018 01:23:08 pm

Interesting point of view

Caden Caywood

10/18/2018 01:23:40 pm

Interesting point of view.

Faith

10/18/2018 01:20:07 pm

I think the quote means that people are important but so are books. I think that it’s whats gonna happen do we continue to burn books. I don’t know of any cultures that burn books.

Tierryn

10/18/2018 01:23:08 pm

I love your wording.

Brooke

10/18/2018 01:27:01 pm

I agree that books make people important

Sam

10/18/2018 01:20:36 pm

Books somewhat define who we as people are and if we are burning books then we are burning what makes people who they are. I don’t know of any cultures that burn books but they must be scared of the truth that lies in books.

Ariana

10/18/2018 01:22:37 pm

I agree, books define peopele

Sammy H.

10/18/2018 01:23:51 pm

I agree we are destroying what makes us who we are.

Taija

10/18/2018 01:23:51 pm

I agree this is so true.

Tierryn

10/18/2018 01:20:40 pm

If people burn books because they encourage out of the box thinking and expanding our knowledge, what are they going to do to people who do the same thing? Burn them apparently.

Jordan

10/18/2018 01:23:45 pm

So true

Jaicei

10/18/2018 01:27:45 pm

Good job

Jordan

10/18/2018 01:20:51 pm

When a book is burned, so is a part of a person. When books are burned knowledge is lost it’s close to burning humans. I think that is the connection he is trying to make.

Tierryn

10/18/2018 01:24:11 pm

I disagree, a part of a person isn’t burned, a part of a tree is.

Treygan

10/18/2018 01:21:37 pm

I think this saying that we are burning our earlier knowledge and records or story’s of what has happened or could happen. By burning people you are also burning knowledge.

Will

10/18/2018 01:24:37 pm

Very intelligent comment, I agree

Will

10/18/2018 01:22:26 pm

This quote is proving that books are the heart of humans. He makes this leap to show how important books are to humans. Some cultures that burned books are the Nazis, they where very dangerous at the time and even had the majority of the power in Europe.

Jamie

10/18/2018 01:24:31 pm

Burning a book, is burning an idea, a though, a different version of reality and a piece of mind that somebody is a part of. If we start burning books altogether, then as we evolve it will take place in different forms of being.

Taija

10/18/2018 01:25:24 pm

I never thought of it that way

Jaicei

10/18/2018 01:27:06 pm

Nice comment Jamie

Brooke

10/18/2018 01:24:45 pm

The quote says that burning book burns people they burn people’s knownledge. Since history and culture are being burned and that’s where we learn from. I do believe it’s dangerous to people

Jaicei

10/18/2018 01:25:17 pm

Books are one of our main sources of knowledge, and burning those books burns our information source with it. I know that Hitler burned books and he was pretty dangerous I guess.

Taylee Matthews

10/18/2018 01:25:39 pm

By burning books we are burning people knowledge and that is dangerous to everybody. The books are apart of our cultures

Brooke

10/18/2018 01:26:08 pm

I agree that it burns our knownledge

Taija

10/18/2018 01:26:16 pm

When we burn books in burning is burning something that is very important to humans.

Taija

12/17/2018 01:55:14 pm

Everything starts with burning books. Then it moves to burning others things.burning books is burning something very important to humans.

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