2006-10-23 02:29:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
2006-10-23 02:30:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't recall a lot of 1984, but I love Brave New World. I find some similarities in encouraging class warfare in our society today. BNW had several classes of society, all were drawn along wealth lines, and some were drawn along race lines, and all of these people were brainwashed to be comfortable being who they are, and at the same time taught that they had to hate the other groups. The Alpha class (upper class) had menial jobs that were easy to do and got the most reward for it. The gamma class (blacks, lower class) were the hardest working and got the littlest reward for it. The use of genetically grown people for controlling society somewhat reeks of using abortion to control society. Ultimately, the BNW society felt they can't let evolution produce the next generation, they had to control how society evolved. Abortion does similar things, but is millenia away from morphing into what societetal control of birth is similar to in BNW. The goal in BNW was to create the best, most fit, peaceful society. It emerged after WW3, a terrible war, and the controllers of the world felt they had to make a huge power grab to restrict the freedom of the people in order to prevent terrible wars in the future. This is somewhat similar to things like the Patriot Act. Again though, we are millenia away from policies today that will morph into what they were in BNW. Here's another one, Huxley's description of machine generated music makes me wonder if he was a prophet. Technology plays a huge role in music, machine generated music is possible today, and quite evident. Classical instruments cannot produce the sounds we hear in a wide variety of techno and hip hop. How he came up with this idea was purely insightful, he would be shocked to know today that his prediction was correct.
2016-05-22 00:55:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Brave New World is a real thought-provoking read and well worth having a go at - a science fiction classic and it's short too!
2006-10-23 04:03:06 · answer #3 · answered by solstice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the author's name is Aldous Huxley. Great book, enjoy it.
2006-10-23 02:30:36 · answer #4 · answered by Jack 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but hundreds of thousands of people have read a book of the same title by a similar named author.
It's good you should give it a go, it's a dire warning about letting capitalism run rampant, just what America needs at the moment.
2006-10-23 02:38:03 · answer #5 · answered by david b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read "Brave New World" and it was good but I didn't like it nearly as much as other dystopians I've read, like "1984", "The Handmaid's Tale", "The Giver", "Fahrenheit 451", etc.
2006-10-23 03:09:24 · answer #6 · answered by thelotusqueen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - and it's Aldous Huxley; so clearly you haven't. Get on with your homework chicca.
2006-10-23 02:30:33 · answer #7 · answered by Nix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Is that all you wanted to know? I thought it was a good science fiction story, set up a whole other culture, etc.
2006-10-23 07:05:52 · answer #8 · answered by MUD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have. Different first name. Read it, it's good.
2006-10-23 12:40:34 · answer #9 · answered by writetolife 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great book. but i think the author was Adolus Hitler
2006-10-23 07:25:24 · answer #10 · answered by Sean T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋