6. a small strip of coloured cloth signifying membership of an order or award of military decoration, prize, or other distinction. 7. a small, usually looped, strip of coloured cloth worn to signify support for a charity or cause: a red AIDS ribbon.
The books burned were Jewish, Marxist, Bolshevik, or other disreputable or non-German books. These included the works of Heinrich Heine, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann, Erich Maria Remarque, Albert Einstein, Walter Benjamin, Karl Marx, Jack London and Margaret Sanger.
In Fahrenheit 451 how did books become forbidden in the first place?I understand why books had a negative effect but would like to know more about how it all started. 2 Answers | Add Yours. In order for Montag's society to get to the point where books are being burned, it was a slow, steady process of change. It was people's changing attitudes towards books, intelligence, and other people that led the process about. Beatty explains the steps that led to the firemen's existence (as known in Montag's society).