[stylist] update: about brave new world

[Lynda Lambert]

I agree with you Robert. This is about a philosophy of a cutlure - and how 
it affects life. Yes, you can certainly consider what might be done with a 
blind person in the society in this book.  A blind person could be a clog in 
the machinery . We can also think about the ideas we see here in this book 
and think about parallels we can find in our culture at this time, too. It 
is not about an individual "character" development, but the development of a 
philosophy and how it would work. It is about the masses, not the particular 
individual here in this book. It is the exploration of an idea - a grand 
idea.  We can reflect on our own culture and ask what are our grand ideas 
and how do we see them developing and acting out in our lives.

I think that Vejas has asked a remarkable question today.  It is good to 
know that young students are still being charged with reading books that 
cause us to ask questions of them.

Lynda Lambert






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] update: about brave new world


> It is as I recall all about philosophy of class systems - people being
> genetically engineered to be worker drones (their bodies, their minds and
> desires). You wonder if that type of society would engineer to eliminate 
> the
> genetically blind - or maybe - like some cultures from our past who when
> finding a slave kid that could do music, the owner would blind that kid so
> he would concentrate more on sound and not be distracted with vision and 
> end
> up a better musician.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of vejas
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 9:33 AM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [stylist] update: about brave new world
>
> Hi,
> Remember a couple of weeks ago I was deciding between books to read for
> school?
> I'm reading Brave New World now but wish I'd chosen something else!
> Recently we read 1984, and I feel that 1984 is better written.
> So far I'm in like chapter 2 of Brave New World, and a main character 
> hasn't
> even been introduced! I talked to someone else who read it, who said it
> didn't get good until the end.
> So my question is, why is this book a classic?
> Vejas
>
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