Is it better to be ignorant and happy OR is it better to be aware, educated and disturbed at the world?
In my opinion it is better to be ignorant and happy, because you don't worry about what people think. I agree with what Olivia said "I think that it is better to be ignorant and happy because then you don't worry about anything. The problem with this is that eventually people are going to become unhappy and want to know things.", but in a way i kind of disagree, because if your ignorant you won't have to worry about anything. But I don't think that just because people become unhappy they would just start to want to learn thinks, because now if people find something that makes them unhappy they will just find something else that makes them happy and or feel better. In the eyes of Captain Beatty's he trys to make his point by trying to convince everyone that books and ideas are rubbish and should be incinerated (incinerated means to burn or reduce to ashes). Even though that he trys to make everyone belive what he belives there are still people that want to read books and don't want to burn them so they would rather die inside thier house wit the books burning.
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Wow! I'm really impressed Brittany. This is great analysis; I can tell that a lot of thought went into this, and i hope to see more blog entries like this. You have really thought the issues through, but I'm still not sure what the Captain would say about being ignorant and happy or being educated and disturbed.
I also like how you quoted another student in your post. That's the sign of an active blogger!
Thanks again for sharing your poetry, I have commented on one of your poetry entries and have given you a couple points extra credit, but don't forget to keep up with all your assignments.
Mr. J
Thruthfully I kind of agree with you but not completely. I like the way you supported your opinion and the way you gave a definiton to an unknown word. One thing that u said that I was quite fond of was when you said, but I don't think that just because people become unhappy they would just start to want to learn thinks, because now if people find something that makes them unhappy they will just find something else that makes them happy and or feel better, because i think that this is true. I mean i know if i get tired of something I would probably go and do something else besides read.
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