Colonial Publishers

Early forms of self liberation could include written/printed literature. It gave people an opportunity to analyze and interpret their own thoughts and feelings instead of being told how/why to react to something. The English monarchy was fearful of the freedom books might give the people. They saw printed literature as a threat to their power. The English monarchy wanted complete control of what went into the minds of the people. Our text states that, '' this repressive restraint was in place from the beginnings of English book publishing well into the 1690s (Rodman pp.71). Well actually their is still a mild oppression of thought. The smaller society rewards personal freedom or choice of thought even to the point of holding strikes and rallies, we feel it is important to have individual voices heard, but at the top of the ladder the government and religious leaders are still interested in a conservative lifestyle. They don't go so far as to ban us from reading, but they do take part in what's allowed on our schools, as far as literature goes, there is still a quiet fear of complete freedom and the more educated people become the more power they have to think on their own. Their is still a fear of complete freewill, without governmental influence, but I think fear is a natural instinct, loss of power and hierarchic moldings in society could lead to anarchy and revolts. So some fear is beneficial to keep us in line as people, and obviously education and books are a direct way of leading people to make individual choices in every area of their lives.