All three of the texts have similar themes that tie together. They all have unfair treatment against citizens or the minority when found reading a book. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, "Learning To Read and Write" by Frederick Douglass, and "Heinrich Heine on Burning Books" all connect in a group where they share the concept of a cruel society that punishes others for reading. In "Learning To Read And Write", written by Frederick Douglass, deals with an African American slave in the early 1800's. It takes place in Maryland where he's owned by a slave owner and the slave owner's wife. Frederick's mistress, also the slave owner's wife, treated Frederick with kindness and respect and decided to teach him how to read, but was hestitant. She changed throughout the book and was now harsh against Frederick due to practicing her husbands precepts. Whenever she caught him reading, she would become violent.
In "Heinrich Heine on Burning Books", written by Austin Cline, is about the burning of books during the Holocaust between 1933 and 1945. Fahrenheit 451 and "Heinrich Heine on Burning Books" are extremely connected by the major theme of the banishment of books. The author who
Marsh 2 wrote about the famous German poet, Heinrich Heine, talks about how Heine "predicted" the burning of books and people in Germany. "That was …show more content…
They all have unfair treatment against citizens or the minority when found reading a book. Fahrenheit 451, Heinrich Heine on Burning Books, and Learning to Read and Write shares the bias that society has to people when found reading and has cruel punishment if they're caught. The message sent out to the audience reading these texts is that there is still an act of censorship today, but not as cruel compared to back then. Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, was inspired to write the book by the events of the Holocaust where Nazi's burned the books that involved Jewish