Topic > Hollywood Blacklisting and Fahrenheit 451 - 590

THE BURNING OF HUGH LATIMER AND NICHOLAS RIDLEY⦁ WHY WHERE THEY BURN AT THE STAKE?-Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley were burned because they were and went against the king's refusal.⦁ BECAUSE IT WAS LATIMER ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING? -Latimer was confident that they were doing the right thing because he believed that whatever was going to happen was due to God's will and he trusted God. Remember that before they were burned, instead of repenting and backing down in whatever he said, his last words were, “Be of good cheer, Master Ridley, and be a man, for we will light in England this day a candle as I trust The grace of God will never be laid aside.”⦁WHY WOULD IT BE IMPORTANT TO REMIND PEOPLE OF HISTORY?- It is important to remind people of history because it teaches them about previous events. It shows that for every action there is a consequence, so every action or decision you make will have an effect that impacts your life and the lives of people around you. It also provides an insight into what happened years ago so that in the near future we are prepared enough to make the right decisions to avoid reliving similar or previous events. NAZI BOOK BURNING⦁ HOW COULD THESE IMAGES INSPIRE BRADBURY TO WRITE FAHRENHEIT 451?- This image may have inspired Bradbury to write Fahrenheit 451 as in the image you see college students burning books that have "un-German" ideas. Personally I think that for them “non-German” apparently means; ideas that their leader doesn't like. In the website provided there is a statement said by a German Jewish poet; “Where books are burned, human beings are also destined to be burned.” This specific quote personally leaves me thinking that if they didn't hesitate to burn books that contained information that their leader didn't like, they certainly wouldn't hesitate to kill a human being that went against their beliefs/ideas or their government..