Fahrenheit 451

I just started reading Fahrenheit 451 and I think it is very strange just like Brave new World. Both societies are futuristic and are based on conformity. I'm not sure what book I like more yet but I do think that Fahrenheit 451 is easier to read. I think that the similarity between the feelings of Bernard and Montag to their societies are very similar. Montag is starting to realize that he doesnt enjoy life as much as he thought he did. he is starting to question the idea of burning books. I look forward to continue reading Fahrenheit 451 to see what happens next.

Paul Martel

Fahrenheit 451

I'm obviously reading Fahrenheit...and I'd just like to say that I think I like this more than Brave New World. Although BNW was very interesting to me, i think F451 is a lot more on my level. Not just with reading but also that someone could possibly relate to the story. Someone like Guy Montag who wants to explore more than the norm of the society is very similar to teens these days. Not saying that our society burns books because we don't want to read or become more intelligent, but a lot of teenagers these days want to be different and express themselves in other ways. Everyone wants to know more, and that's what Guy is trying to achieve. Sadly, i think Guy will not succeed in his attempt to expanding his knowledge, just because the author might want to make a point about a society that is over controlling.

I hope there is more background to how this society is functioning. In BNW the author mentioned a lot about what was right and wrong in their society, but in F451 i haven't read much of that. (other than reading books, or having books is forbidden)

I'm anxious to see how F451 turns out. When i read BNW i was very dissapointed with the ending, even if it did have a deeper meaning than what was written.

-Andrea Salva

Brave New World

As I read more into this book, I find it a little easier to understand. The society as a whole is a completely bizzare outlook on a possible future. I don't understand why the author started the book with the conditoning center and that whole world and then suddenly in the middle of the story, decides to introduce the savage reservation in new mexico. The two different 'worlds' are pretty much opposite from their everyday activities and even to the way people are associated with each other. For instance, in the "other place" as John calls it, people belong to each other and it doesn't matter who it is. But in the savage reservation, people are known to stay with one person [like in our society, which we consider normal]. It is pretty disturbing thinking if we lived in the new society that Huxley produces, in which, everyone belongs to one another and sleeps with whomever they want just because they could. I also find it interesting how Linda relied on soma in the new world before and is conditioned to need something like that so she starts to depend on the mescal in her new village. It seems like people in the "other world" are always depending on something [soma] or someone else [promiscuous sex] to fulfill their needs of being normal or fitting into society.

Jenn Headley

Brave New World Confusion

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

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.

Brave New World: Is This Our Distant Future?

The brave new world could be our possible future because a the way the society is controlled can very likely happen and the way people are created can happen. People will probably be created by science and the different classes people are placed in could happen. Society today is based on survival of the fittest, the strongest and more pushing are always the leaders. The weaker ones in society just do what they are told. There may not be names for these groups of people, but that doesn't mean there soon won't be.

Fahrenheit isn't sooo bad!

Ehh not the greatest book I've ever read, but surely not one of the worst. The topic of burning books is hard enough to write about in the first place, but then comes in the idea of a crazy society as a whole as well. Through Part 1 Ray Bradbury (the author) has probably done the past job he could have done when it comes to writing on this topic. I must admit this book has alot of similarities to Brave New World including: the idea of no books allowed in society, and how the story is centered around a man's life.