Brave New World

Meaghan writes:
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is the independent reading book I am currently reading now. It is a very hard book to get in to, but once some interesting facts are stated, the book heats up quickly. Brave New World is a difficult book to read, mainly because the language is so complex. Many times I have had to look plenty of words up in the dictionary.
In the novel, Huxley talks about many new scientific discoveries. In the first chapter Huxley states many times about parent conditioning, how a child should act, and human cloning. Human reproduction is also a key factor that Huxley talks about over and over. In the second chapter, the director separates many newborn babies, infants, and toddlers into different rooms, with all different signs on the children’s doors. Many people observe the children, and watch them all the time, to notice if there is anything they notice differently. The director and many nurses’ test out various experiments to see what the young children will do. For example, they hold up flowers to the kids’ faces to see what reaction they have. Also, they ring an alarm clock to see how the children will react. If the children don’t like the nurse shoving flowers into their faces, they will have a hatred for flowers. This system will determine any future technologies from kids.
There hasn’t been many characters introduced into the story yet, but so far we have the director, and many nurses.
One can never really tell with this book what is being explained or what peoples private thoughts are. There are several inappropriate terms Huxley’s story; therefore, that’s why the thoughts are in peoples head, in their own private thoughts. This story is all about the future, what will happen next. This novel is very unpredictable; sometimes I am shocked about what I just read. Many different chemical names are mentioned, since the director constructs many experiments to see what will happen.
“Every one works for every one else. We can't do without any one. Even Epsilons are useful. We couldn't do without Epsilons. Every one works for every one else. We can't do without any one...” (49) This quote is relevantly important in the novel. It shows how people in the building constructing different ideas can help people and how the office can’t do work with out any one. Each and every person is a special part of his or her living.
In conclusion, Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World will take me some time for me to actually make a solid decision if I love the book or not. In the meantime, I am looking forward to see what else Huxley has in mind for the future!