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Set far in the future, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World depicts a world where “Controllers” have achieved what they believe to be the ideal society. Through scientific and genetic breakthroughs the human race has been brought to perfection: humans have pre-assigned roles in society, and everyone happily fulfills their purpose. Bernard Marx, however, is different. He is disgusted by the predestined behaviour of his peers and has a strong desire to break free from social pressures, leading him to set off on a journey to visit one of the few remaining Savage Reservations—places where the old, flawed, and imperfect life still continues.
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4.3
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Carol Shetler
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January 1, 2015
With over 7 billion people on our planet now, clearly BNW is one "utopia" which will not be coming to fruition any time soon. I first read this book when I was about fifteen, and was suitably horrified. Huxley outlines his world in clinical terms, making it as unattractive to the reader as possible. Sexism also abounds, all the students in the visiting class being boys. Written between the world wars, Huxley's tale shows that mechanization could create a far less just and free world.
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A Google user
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September 25, 2018
Though peppered with wisdom about (even present day) societal ills throughout, this book was meandering and more than a little excruciating to read. It's not a great feeling to be grateful to be finished because you'll no longer suffer through more.
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Olivia Amu
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January 15, 2015
This book was an amazing distopian novel which focused on societal issues around freedom and morality. Loved this book
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About the author
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) is the author of the classic novels Brave New World, Island, Eyeless in Gaza, and The Genius and the Goddess, as well as such critically acclaimed nonfiction works as The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception. Born in Surrey, England, and educated at Oxford, he died in Los Angeles, California.
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