In class, we briefly discussed the topic of word censorship. If you do not write something down, maybe the people will forget it. We see this idea played out in Chapter 13. On pages 163-164, the Master tries to burn his drafts in the fire, but he finds it to be a extremely hard task for "paper covered with writing burns very reluctantly." He tries to burn his writings to forget them forever, but his thoughts are still with him, creating fear within him and even landing him in a mental institution.
I commented on Briana Batdorf's post.
The burning of his writings are kind of pointless in my opinion, because, I do agree, that his thoughts are always with him.
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