dystopia (Brave New World - Aldous Huxley)

Member Name: MATTYT2

Product:	Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Date:	13/02/09 (61 review reads)
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Advantages: A classic novel of the 20th century

Disadvantages: very hard to read

Set far in the future, this classic novel is more a metaphor of how Huxley saw the world around him than how he envisioned the future.

This book challenges us to redefine our views and conceptions of what is acceptable, and shows us how good ideas can so easily go bad if taken to excesses.

Huxley was a well read man on all kinds of subjects, and this is reflected in his writing. We are brought face to face with some startling ideas, such as the abolition of vivaporous (pregnancy followed by birth) reproduction and instead babies being kept in bottles. To us this idea may seem repulsive but to the people of the future it is simply efficient.

He also shows us how hypocritical we can be when thinking of history. For example, the characters in his tory think of a family as "disgusting and dirty", much as we might think of an outside toilet. THis book raises many challenging questions which the reader is hard pressed to answer.

This book is very hard to read and I would DEFINITELY not reccomend it for younger readers.

Summary: A must read for older readers