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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The case that Alduous Huxley makes for the dangers of societal conditioning is a bit extreme, in my opinion. But it's a good book, and, if read critically, does make the reader think about the effects that conditioning has on society.
A different perspective hehe the strange thing is I am living like an alpha wow
Brave New World is one of those books I felt like I HAD to read, and I'm glad I did. It presents some interesting concepts, but I don't find it the best as far as Dystopias go.
A must read dystopian classic. t
To think it was written in 1932 is mindblowing.
The afterthoughts, written two decades later, are an example of great thinking. he got some things right and some things wrong about what would happen in the future, but his process is truly impressive.
To think it was written in 1932 is mindblowing.
The afterthoughts, written two decades later, are an example of great thinking. he got some things right and some things wrong about what would happen in the future, but his process is truly impressive.
good to read to avoid this dystopian world we are evolving into
Uno más de la lista de libros que debí leer en la prepa. Igual no habría entendido todas esas referencias al condicionamiento pavloviano.
I read Brave New World because of a cartoon by Stuart McMillan called Amusing Ourselves to Death. It was a comic adaptation of a book by the same title by Neal Postman. McMillan has pulled the comic at the request of the copyright holders, but you can still find the strip via search. It compared the dystopias Brave New World and 1984. In 1984 the world is controlled through fear and violence. In Brave New World by desire and drugs. They are in essence flip sides of the same coin of totalitarianism. Such a state would use both fear and desire. Most of the time through desire, through opiates for the masses, and for the obstreperous fear. The most depressing thing about both books is that we can see elements of them in our modern world. That's the danger of books. For some they are a warning. For others a how-to manual.