Burning books creates problems
To the Editor:
Having read Gary Carden's piece on Ray Bradbury's “Fahrenheit 451,” I was immediately reminded of a quotation from the 19th-century German-Jewish poet and essayist, Heinrich Heine: “Where one burns books, one will ultimately burn people, too.”
Forewarned is forearmed.
David Dorondo
Cullowhee
Blow the tannery whistle: Bradbury still burns, 72 years later
I first read “Fahrenheit 451” around 1953 when we were dealing with the McCarthy era. This country was in the grips of a politician who preached a dangerous message. He said that America was being invaded by communism and he urged everyone to assist him in seeking out and removing anyone who had joined this dangerous movement.
