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web-toedchloe Jun 2, 2006

I recently read i[Ape and Essence]i by Aldous Huxley. Seriously, Huxley can do no wrong in my mind; I love all of his stuff that I've read. This book is an allegory, but it's basically abou...

juicymango Jun 5, 2006

this sounds really cool... i read brave new world in school and i know people were offended by that book.. but i liked it

dgiaimo Jun 5, 2006

How were people offended by Brave New World?

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

Because of all the promiscuity.

juicymango juicymangoOG 2003

yeah, exactly, but to me it was like, there was a point to writing about that it wasn't just blatant, pointless promiscuity

i don't know, it was a great book

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

Oh yea, it was a total analogy, but schools are sometimes weird about that. I remember my step mother was all cappusted because there's a hooker in "Catcher in the Rye", even though it's not x-rated. Literature needs to be viewed on a very different plane.

iwz iwz

cappusted. hm, i think you just made up a new word!

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

Hahahaha - the spelling nazi doesn't know how to spell jewish colloquialisms. :)

juicymango juicymangoOG 2003

yeah i love Catcher in the Rye, again some people are offended at that book

i remember i got in trouble for reading Lord of the Flies

like, i got talked to about it

iwz iwz

oof

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dgiaimoOG 2003

But the whole point was that the society of Brave New World was a _dystopia_. If it were encouraging promiscuity I could see people being offended, but it'e exactly the opposite.

web-toedchloe web-toedchloeOG 2001

It wasn't encouraging promiscuity, but it was definitely there. For face value, that's probably why a school wouldn't feature it.

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