Answer:
Burning books goes against the freedoms that Americans hold dear.
Explanation:
"I Am Very Real" is a letter Kurt Vonnegut wrote to the head of the Drake High School board regarding school's burning of controversial books, including one of Kurt's.
Basically, Vonnegut is strongly opposing the idea of destroying books, especially book being proclaimed immoral and controversial without even having been read. Through this problem, he expresses his concern for much greater issue - disturbing the free flow of ideas by destroying books.
He sees this act as uncivilized and undemocratic, the act that goes against deeply cherished freedom
"Cheap" has a negative connotation. :) Hope this helps!
I guess the theme is that you can't give somebody your work because Atlas was trying to give his work to Hercules which is a unresponsive thing to do and he's not taking responsibility for the work they gave him.
Eager: very compelled or excited to perform a certain action.