While waiting for the events of the Boston Book Fest to commence, I thought I'd write a little something about the book I just finished: Brave New World. I never read it in high school, and I was sick of it being one of the few "classics" I had not read on the Most Banned/Challenged lists. So, in a belated attempted to celebrate Banned Books Week, I gave it a shot.
I’m sure reams of paper have been used to discuss and analyze the “civilization” in Brave New World, and I doubt that you’ll find many proponents of dousing fetuses in alcohol, so I’m going to skip that part and cut to the chase: I freaking hated John. So much effort is spent looking at the obvious dystopian future of “civilization” that people assume that the opposite (John and his ilk) must be the “right” future. I disagree. There is no “right” future in this world. Also, John sucks.
