In relation to the opening line of the novel ("it was a pleasure to burn"), the next three paragraphs serve to

In relation to the opening line of the novel ("It was a pleasure to burn"), the next three paragraphs serve to clarify to the reader what was being burnt by the character "While the books went up in sparkling whirls..." and describe in depth his pleasure while burning books, as the author mentions: "the blood pounded in his head and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor..."  or when saying: "...He would feel the fiery smile still gripped by his ace muscles in the dark".

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there are many cases in the crucible where propaganda is present, the types of propagandas that are shown are: bandwagon, testimonial, transfer, and card-stacking. the crucible is mainly focus on the ancient beliefs that people from towns had, if someone didn’t follow the rules they would be punished.