[stylist] update: about brave new world

[Jacobson, Shawn D]

I think this book is a classic because it builds on the concepts of "perfect societies" that philosophers have been playing around with since Plate.  Note that the main character, Dr. Marx, is an alpha who doesn't quite fit the alpha mold; "perfect societies" do not play nice with those of us who don't fit in.  Note that you will see a quite different society later in the book.

One thing to do with older works that imagine the future (this book is about 80 years old) is to see how our world has diverged from the imagined world of the book.

Good reading and keep with it.

Shawn

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Thanks, Chris, I think it is wonderful that a young high school student 
would ask questions like this. He is on a journey.


Lynda




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> Excellent answer, Linda. I won't attempt to do better.
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> chris
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>>I would say to consider what does it mean when a book is called a 
>>"classic" and what does the word "classic" mean?  After you have a better 
>>understanding of the concept of what "classic" means, then consider it in 
>>terms of this book. I have read this book a number of times. Why would a 
>>person go back and read a book so many times? There must be something 
>>there for you to discover, huh?
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>>> 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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