Blake

There seems to be a theme of anger in the poem. Rich’s neighbor seems to be very upset over the burning of a book that his son and Rich’s son burnt in the back yard. He relates to this act as an act that Hitler would do. Rich on the other hand does not really think that it is that big of a deal. I believe that the two disagree because of the different backgrounds where they came from. The neighbor gets so upset because he has learned a lot of information in his life through books. On the other hand Rich believes that there is a lot in life to be learned outside of books. This is why it is not that important to Rich that the book was burned. The two different outlooks causes a conflict between the two parents.