tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315611891697079859.post6315024144286342796..comments2023-10-31T11:24:41.986-05:00Comments on Stuff as Dreams are Made on: Brave New World by Aldous Huxleychrisa511http://www.blogger.com/profile/05793512698366676453noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315611891697079859.post-36658139848708990162009-02-11T19:52:00.000-06:002009-02-11T19:52:00.000-06:00Im a student in middle school. But im in an honors...Im a student in middle school. But im in an honors program at my school, and we read brave new world. And your right, i didnt understand the reason it was wrote. I didnt enjoy reading it either. It was okay. It was better than Fahreinheit 451, I'll give it that. But i find both of those books unfascinating, so its true, young adults dont understand it well. Maybe its just me, maybe im just not intelectual, like i should be, like my class mates are. Oh well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315611891697079859.post-52036416310727927852007-04-09T19:30:00.000-05:002007-04-09T19:30:00.000-05:00Bookfool, Thanks for the tip! I can wait, I have s...Bookfool, Thanks for the tip! I can wait, I have so much to read right now to get me going until then.<BR/><BR/>Carl, I didn't know anything about this book either. I was very pleasantly surprised with it! I think you'd love it.chrisa511https://www.blogger.com/profile/05793512698366676453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315611891697079859.post-59878475386772753642007-04-09T15:34:00.000-05:002007-04-09T15:34:00.000-05:00Great review! I really knew nothing at all about ...Great review! I really knew nothing at all about this book other than that it had been on the banned books list. Sounds like a fascinating read.Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315611891697079859.post-43591629096674297092007-04-09T15:18:00.000-05:002007-04-09T15:18:00.000-05:00Thanks, Chris. I'm having a better month than las...Thanks, Chris. I'm having a better month than last, so far (knock wood it stays that way). <BR/><BR/>Just an FYI, several people have commented that 20th Century Ghosts is going to be published in the U.S. in October, so you can save your pennies and buy it on the home turf, if you can wait. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315611891697079859.post-2424822806406695532007-04-09T13:24:00.000-05:002007-04-09T13:24:00.000-05:00Have you read anything else by Huxley? I'd really ...Have you read anything else by Huxley? I'd really like to read more, but he's written a bunch! Don't know where to go next.chrisa511https://www.blogger.com/profile/05793512698366676453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315611891697079859.post-36469531616301986582007-04-09T13:14:00.000-05:002007-04-09T13:14:00.000-05:00I have not actually read the sequel. I likely nee...I have not actually read the sequel. I likely need to, I just haven't had the chance. What's great is that the characters at first seem 1-dimensional, but then are revealed as more complex. Or seem more complex (like Bernard or even John) but then are shown to be narrow. Mustapha and Helmholtz Watson seem actually to be the most profound characters, by a weird twist. After all, what does John use his literacy for but justification for his own intolerance? Huxley was a profound thinker. Some of his essays are quite good--like Orwell's. Anyway, glad you liked it! It is justifiably a classic!Literacy-chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925734773412633965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315611891697079859.post-2265683891093924342007-04-09T12:22:00.000-05:002007-04-09T12:22:00.000-05:00****SPOILERS****Oh yeah, I caught the names. One o...****SPOILERS****<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, I caught the names. One of my favorites was Darwin Bonaparte. I think this had a HUGE influence on Fahrenheit 451. I see what you mean. Fahrenheit 451 seems to just hint on a tiny part of the vast insanity of Brave New World. Literacy wise, the ending was my favorite part of the book. Mustapha Mond's dialogue with John was brilliant. It was written so well. The end overall was upsetting for me. Mustapha knew what God could offer to the world and still abandoned him. It's like all this stuff opened up and everything was in the air, yet nothing changed. Instead, they're shipped off to an island where they will never be a threat again, and they're fine with that. It's good to see people like Bernard who can almost escape the conditioning, but it's sad to know that nothing will change in the grand scheme of things.<BR/><BR/>John's situation really upset me. To be thrown into that chaos after leading what we know today as a normal life...well, somewhat normal...without conditioning is a better term. He was like a monkey at a zoo to everyone. Very upsetting. To see the complete and utter lack of sympathy shows how warped the world had become. John lost everything (including his mother and his own life) because of the cruelty and lack of understanding of the new world. Even Lenina, the person who I thought just might come around, shows no remorse or understanding at the end of the book. jeesh.<BR/><BR/>I could go on but I'm getting late for class. I could still use a few days to sort my thoughts out on the book. It was so well written, I enjoyed his writing and will check out a few more of his books.<BR/><BR/>Have you read Brave New World revisited? And if so, it is worth it to follow this one up?chrisa511https://www.blogger.com/profile/05793512698366676453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315611891697079859.post-50050719928605220832007-04-09T00:30:00.000-05:002007-04-09T00:30:00.000-05:00Did you catch the names? Bernard MARX, LENINa, I'...Did you catch the names? Bernard MARX, LENINa, I'm forgetting some of the others. It's a curious meld of Capitalist-worship and Communist-remembrances, suggesting, perhaps, that the differences between the two are unimportant. I'd love to know your take on the ending. My dissertation director and I have discussed it--it's what makes undergrads hat it, at least where I teach. Which is a shame; I think the ending is brilliant in its nihilism. Of course you realize, too, that it's the literacy that I'm captivated by (not going to say any more--dissertation spoiler!). But what do you think? Think this influenced <I>Fahrenheit 451</I> at all? ;)Literacy-chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925734773412633965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315611891697079859.post-84648471817344653832007-04-08T21:38:00.000-05:002007-04-08T21:38:00.000-05:00Isn't the cover great? I think you'll like this on...Isn't the cover great? I think you'll like this one. Very intriguing. Good luck with all the reading!chrisa511https://www.blogger.com/profile/05793512698366676453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315611891697079859.post-62660785156115187922007-04-08T21:11:00.000-05:002007-04-08T21:11:00.000-05:00Wow, excellent review. I hope I can get to this o...Wow, excellent review. I hope I can get to this one, soon. I have several advanced readers and a group read I've got to get to, first, but it's on the stacks. Love that cover.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.com