Purchase the book Summary of Brave New Worldīrave New World presents a futuristic society in which the entire world is controlled by a singular governmental entity called the World State.
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Even after I finished the book, I was still left in the dark (or maybe I didn’t catch them in the text) on some aspects. While the world Aldous Huxley created, it was not one of my favorite dystopias, though still very creative in its own perverted way. My favorite was, of course, the Savage with his Shakespearean ways. I found some characters that I enjoyed, some others that I didn’t and kept reading. However, as I kept reading and the world was gradually built, I started getting more and more into it. I was going to read this a bit earlier, but since I read (for the first time, wow) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone right beforehand, I just had to continue on with the second one.įor me, this book did not start off strong – I was confused, I didn’t really understand what was going on or why and all that jazz. This is yet another lucky find from the thrift shop (I suppose all of my books are).
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