1. Write a question about the reading. What are you confused about? If you don't get an answer on your blog, be sure to raise the question in class. Even if you do get an answer, and you think it's a good question with a good answer, bring it up in discussion.
A. The question I got from this reading is why Mildred is so afraid of books. Is it the ideas written inside or what? A few ideas that oppose her view won’t hurt her. That’s what makes a good debate.
2. How will books get us out of "the cave?" What is the cave and how will books get us out of it?
A. I think what they mean by “the cave” is the enclosed space no knowledge creates. What I mean by this is since they are burning books they are killing ides and the outside world. No books mean people have no knowledge of what the world consists which gives the idea of being stuck in a “cave”. This is what I think the “cave” means. Now, books can get them out of the cave by giving them more thought about the world; sort of like the saying “ I see the light at the end of the tunnel”. This means that they are finally seeing the world as it is, not just as whatever makes them happy.
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