Brave New World

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Summary: Prophetic but akward
Review: Huxley definately managed to make errie predictions about the future that have ended up coming ture in some mannor. The sexual revelotion, genetic enginering and mood altering durgs are all predicted within this work. Huxley also makes a storng statement by having the society revere Henry Ford as a god, demonstrating symbolicaly how we worship technology. These points should have been left to an essay however if you ask me. The characters in this book seemed to have sereval personalities that the auother switchs between at his convienace. At some points Lenina seems to be different from the rest, capable of love and feidilty as opposed ot causual sex. Then at other points she's as shallow as everyone else. Bernard seems at some points to be vitruious and ready to reject what society has placed in front of his eyes. At other times however he is taking advantage of John for his own benefits and reveling in the flase happiness that he once denounced. This made it very difficult to develop any ture bond or feeling towards the characters because you are never sure of their personality. While I concede that humans are many facited and often contradicte themselves, the changes in this book are so abburpt and unexplained that Bernard and Lenina seem to betery their own personalities

There are also aspects of the book which are just very stupid. The fact that people play sexaphones is a pathitic overstatement of the point the auother is tring to make. Some of slogans used sound so dumb it is hard to fathom that people accepted them, this takes away from the story

Brave New World falls short with badly written charcters and some aspects that were so overly simplistic and obvious they became stupid.

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Summary: In a Utopia of Sex and Soma
Review: I have to say this is one of the most interesting and intriguing books that I have ever encountered. Huxley is an absolute genius - painting the perfect picture of a societal Utopia which is anything but that. His characters are vividly portrayed and you wil find yourself constantly asking the question, "what's going to happen next?" The book deals with issues we face today: drugs, sex, and the media; almost acting as a futuristic reading of things that are becoming true. There's a reason this book is considered a classic: read it.

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Summary: Review from Mercy High School Students
Review: Huxley's Brave New World is a novel written in the thirties about genetic engineering used to create a utopian society, and shows the dangers of "playing god." This book is very prophetic because our society is facing many of these circumstances now in the 21st century that Huxley presented in his writing almost 70 years ago. It stands as a warning for our society as we seem to be striving for the society Huxley created even though that society was obviously not as perfect as its rulers felt it to be. Destroying hunger, disease, and old age may seem like a wonderful idea but with such things can come a great struggle for power and further control over individuals' lives. The novel really makes you think especially about our current society and how close we may be to achieving Huxley's "Utopia."

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Summary: An amazing book on the subject of censorship.
Review: A truly thought-provoking book. It makes you realize the price of giving up truth and beauty for ignorant bliss. A painful honest, unlimited world will always be superior to content sheltering in my mind. "Those who give up freedom for the privilege of safety deserve neither." Let's just hope to the world doesn't end up in the state of the one described in BNW, a not completely unlikely possibility.

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Summary: 1984's Anti-Utopia Sounds Nicer than This!
Review: Amazing book. It really gets you thinking about chaos. Perfection could be obtained, but at what cost? Read the book, you'll find out. Good is only good when you have bad to compare it to.

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Summary: Unfortunately, the rewies below ar enot the truth...
Review: This boos is so weak, the narrative is so boring, thecharacters are so ridiculous and awkward, that I can't understand whatpeople saw in it. There's no climax, the plot is old cliche in the "science-fiction" (even being written in 1926) and people get saying that the book is "prophetic", "visionnaire".. Come on! IT is just boring. The end is laughable, the character who theoretically fights the organized civilization is also a "robot", because he only says what he read in Shakespeare. Blá!

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Summary: A Derailment from the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Review: Emily Braxton, a nineteenth century wife of the British governor of India, said to her sister in a letter, "The conditions here are too spartan and menial, perhaps it was not meant for me to live among others of a different civilization." Braxton infers from this quote that she does not know where she fits into this new society that is brought upon her. In Aldous Huxley's fictional novel, Brave New World, Huxley expresses the trepidation of John as he experiences a society that is dramatically contrasted to the "savage" world that only he knows. John's inability to form a relationship with Lenina and his eminent psychological collapse result directly from his placement in a dissimilar society than conditioned for.

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Summary: Tears hath fallen... An amazing book
Review: A perfect world? That is only an illusion. This book has soo many references to the modern world as it exists today, it makes you think twice before starting a new day. This book is set in a society which maintains the ILLUSION of utopia by using human emotions and traits as a form of controll. As I have said, when i finished reading, I was in tears. I cried for about three hours, just comparing the events in the story to modern life. A DEFINATE READ!

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Summary: Great Literature, With a Message
Review: In 1931, Aldous Huxley published a book which was controversial, intelligent, and contained a prophetic message for the future. That book was "Brave New World", and seventy years later it is just as relevant as the day it was published. The book takes place in the not-so-distant future when the world has finally acheived a utopian society. In this society, people live lives which where already planned out before their birth. Humans are genetically engineered in a way which would best service society. Everything is for the good of society. Books, religion, poetry and individuality have been outlawed. But one citizen, Bernard Marx is starting to question the world in which he lives. This book is not only creatively written, but expresses an important message: The choices we make and aspects of our individuality affect the society in which we live.

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Summary: a great classic
Review: This book is such a thought-provoking novel. All of Aldous Huxley's works are great, but this book is his masterpiece. Though the story is set in an unimagaginable background, the characters are so real and moving. Brave New World is well worth your money. I highly recommend this book to anyone 13 and over.