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What brave new world that has such people in't!
(William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" Act 5, Scene 1) |
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In
1932, Aldous Huxley showed us a "Brave New World" where emotions were
sedated and science ruled over all. It was a world in which the
very things that make us human, such as the ability to love, have taken
a backseat to socially efficiency. What is supposed to be a perfect world, a "utopia" instead proves to be a place where even literature is banned and free-thinking is frowned upon. What might Huxley have thought of our modern world? A world where the cloning he dreamed of is a virtual reality and where a "Soma Holiday" is not much more than a remote control click away? |
| During the next several weeks we will be reading Huxley's novel while also working on creating our own "Utopia". While we read "Brave New World" think about what works well in this vision of a perfect world as well as what fails to work completely. |
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| About the Author/About his time | The Science of our Brave New World | Soma Holiday: Medicating America |
| The "Language" of Brave New World | Creating OUR Brave New World | Related Links |