Sunday, April 22, 2007
alysha scarperia
This book is beyond weird. The first thing that really weirded me out was the fact that in this book the children rewared for being sexual with each other and then when the children are not they are looked down upon. That freaks me out, and especailly since I work at the YMCA and there are some children there that do try and do things that's totally inappropriate. I sort of feel like I don't know what the world is coming to and it scares me. There are so many things that kids do now that no one would have ever done when they were that age. And there are just so many things that kids know now that I never knew when I was there age. I felt like chapter three was kind of confusing because it switched back and forth from scene to scene. Another thing that I really did not like about this chapter was how Herny was talking about Lenina. And the fact that Henry is talking to the guy about how he should just "try out" and "have" Lenina one night is absoutely DISGUTING. I HATE how boys think that they can just talk about women that way. And women aren't any better these days because they think it's cute to be known by a whole bunch of guys. I don't really have any questions about anything I read this weekend, but I just feel like this book is weird. I'm not sure if I like it but it is interesting. It makes me think and it makes me compare the way society is now to the book.
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i agree that it is disgusting for Henry foster to say those things about Lenina. But In the world state, these people think Sex is just a game. The people in this society have no feelings and no emotion. They don't think sex is a big deal and they have whoever they want. It's a little strange to think that a society could come to a place where sex has no meaning and the people have no feelings about one another. You'll see later that John, who is from the "other place" (who was raised differently)
feels something more for Lenina and she doesn't know how to deal with it because she's used to having sex without it meaning anything to both people.
The way Henry speaks about Lenina doesn't shock me in the disgusting way, but in another way. It shocks me that to speak about things, like Henry does, is common in their society. In our world, no one bursts out in the public about sexual erotic play. To use that in common conversations in their society explains why I believe that the book is far fetched compared to what the present and future world looks like.
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