Book Burning The ritual of book burning is an ancient ritual. It goes back to 213 BC. Books have been burned for many reasons. But mainly books were burned for fear of power and religion. The first recorded book burnings where from the first emperor of China. Shi Huang, in 213 BC, started the ritual of burning books when he burned books that he thought put a threat on his rule as the first emperor of China. …showed first 75 words of 620 total…

…showed last 75 words of 620 total…burned because of politics, race, power, religion, and belief. They are usually burned in fear. "If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." - Norman Chomsky. "Restriction of free speech is the most dangerous of all subversion. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us." William Justice References onlineathens.com/stories/ ala.org/content/navigationmenu/ members.tripod.com/book_burning/