Censorship

The main quote we chose shows how censorship usually starts. A certain group of people may not like something, and another group may not like something else, so in order to keep everyone happy, both are eliminated. This process can often hide the truth. We chose the first quote because it shows how censorship can be used to hide, and even change, history. This is often done to "sugar-coat" history to make it sound better. The second supporting quote was chosen because in the novel, books were what got people thinking, and by taking away the books it's making people less dangerous to the government because they no longer think. This is just like taking the bullet from a gun. A gun with no ammunition is not dangerous. So therefore, people do not have the option of having an opinion. We chose the third quote because it was a good example of censorship in the book, and it relates to censorship in real life. It shows how symbols can be changed to be used in other ways than they were meant for, such as advertising. This can change the meaning of an important symbol. || Tim Tebow is on the Florida Gators football team. He wanted to air a commercial about his views on abortion during the super-bowl. He is strongly against abortion because the doctors had asked his mother to have one during her pregnancy. The only reason he is alive today is because she said no. In the commercial, he and his mother encourage others not to have abortions. Tim Tebow wanted to air this commercial for personal reasons, and he never thought that this would turn into a huge controversy. Several stations that were airing the super-bowl refused to use his commercial. Many of them believed that it would offend all of the people out there that have had abortions in the past, as well as mothers. Due to these reasons, the commercial was taken off of the air. This is an excellent example of censorship because they took away one persons view of the subject just because it would offend others. Although this was a very minor case of censorship, who is to stop the next group of people from hiding someone else’s views on a topic of much more importance? These stations are hiding someone's perspective on a very important issue. ||
 * Censorship**: This is a key concept in the novel…In Montag’s world, books are burned—find quotes that suggest reasons for book burning and censorship.
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 * "Colored people don’t like the //Little Black Sambo//. Burn it. White people don’t feel good about //Uncle// //Tom’s Cabin//. Burn it… Funerals are unhappy and pagan? Eliminate them, too." ||
 * ~ ==Supporting Quotes (3)== ||~ ==Newspaper article== ||
 * 1. "Blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.​" || [] ||
 * 2. "A book is a loaded gun... burn it. Take the shot from the weapon." ||  ||
 * 3. "I often wonder if God recognizes His own son the way we've dressed him up." ||  ||
 * ~ ==Paragraph explanation w/ theme statement== ||~ ==Summary of article and explanation== ||
 * Censorship can hide the truth, and even change someone's perspective on something.
 * Censorship can hide the truth, and even change someone's perspective on something.