Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World"

I have been watching a BBC version of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" on youtube. It is set in future America. There is a modern world and a primitive reservation. The primitives regressed into a primitive culture. The modern world wouldn't exist if man wasn't whipping himself like a slave. Primitive culture is the natural state of the world. "..arms outstreched for those who cannot see.." ScareCrow Ministry No one in the modern world is born naturally. Every comes from a test tube. There are 5 class's, much like the Hindu class system in India. You can never leave your class. The plot centers on a modern woman who gives birth naturally on the primitive reservation. John Savage. That child eventually lives in the modern world and causes trouble. When someone needs re-training they are sent to a free island. These are Iceland, Madagascar, Tahaiti and the Falklands. It doesn't explain why these islands are free. John Savage leaves the modern world and lives alone like Henry David Thoreau. He commits suicide when his love dies in a riot.

Philip Nute
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Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
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