When I started to read Brave New World I was completely confused about several things. Aside from Farenheit 451, this book I feel is more difficult to read. I feel that Aldous Huxley writes in an indepth way, that is hard to follow from the reader's perspective. The storyline also throws me off because it is so incredibly different from our world today. Even though science already plays a big role in our society, the science that is used in the book is totally opposite from how it used today. I also do not understand why Huxley would pick the idea of conformity in such a high degree.
The part that bothers me the most about the book is how it is trying to predict how the world will be in the future, but is not even close to our society today. I could not see the storyline or any of the basic ideas in the book becoming apart of our future. I usually expect books to come together by the second chapter, but Brave New World seems like the story starts out as if the reader has read several introductory pages already.
Since the story doesn't make sense to me in the slightest bit, I can't say much more on the subject. Even if the story did make sense though, I don't like how Huxley writes in his provocative ways. I think that the story will eventually evolve, but it does start off confusing and in a slow way.
Paul Morrison
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I agree fully with what Paul is trying to say here. Although the scientific ideas that are presented in Brave New World might be there to catch the readers attention about what is to come in future, it is still very difficult to understand. Trying to remember all the casts and colors and what not is too confusing. I also agree with Paul's critisism of how the book is trying to predict the future. Our society is NOTHING like this and therefore, it makes it difficult to follow.
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