I did struggle with just about every chapter but, I appreciate the age of this book the way the people spoke was difficult to relate that & some of the words were British English while I'm use to American English. I kept a dictionary nearby too my vocab. isn't that strong but I wanted to stick it out & read this classic. For example describing female characters as pneumatic; still not sure what his meaning was they talked a lot, or casually describing their sexuality or something totally different. I like to read the dystopias because well hasn't everyone had an idea of how they think world problems would be solved and could find world peace. Well an author is one who actually plans it all out and finds the pros & cons of there idea. Mostly, regular folks say a couple of sentences & sigh with displeasure knowing they won't actually do anything about it. Making the world a better place. Anyhow, I thought his ideas were simple and explainable. Never having been to Iceland, I would have liked to go based on the book premise. However, I was totally peeved by the the end I was very disappointed with the fact that Mustafa didn't let John leave the with Bernard & Helmholtz or even just send him back to the Res. It just seemed like Aldous just wanted the story to end a particular way. I thought the story is plausible; and it might actually work. I'll take exile while some would be content with soma. The end though was just ridiculous. I just have more faith in humanity I guess. While John's view of the world was stunted due to lack of exposure to the BNW, his character earlier in the book seemed a bit more matured by experience, spiritual significant & hello survival. I liked the book up to the last chapter. I have yet to read the follow up book to BNW. I read something about how AH wished he changed the ending but, I don't know if I will take the time to search out the book. The upside of not liking the end was thinking about how I would have made different choices if I found myself confronted with a Brave New World.
I like to read the dystopias because well hasn't everyone had an idea of how they think world problems would be solved and could find world peace. Well an author is one who actually plans it all out and finds the pros & cons of there idea. Mostly, regular folks say a couple of sentences & sigh with displeasure knowing they won't actually do anything about it. Making the world a better place.
Anyhow, I thought his ideas were simple and explainable. Never having been to Iceland, I would have liked to go based on the book premise. However, I was totally peeved by the the end I was very disappointed with the fact that Mustafa didn't let John leave the with Bernard & Helmholtz or even just send him back to the Res. It just seemed like Aldous just wanted the story to end a particular way. I thought the story is plausible; and it might actually work. I'll take exile while some would be content with soma. The end though was just ridiculous. I just have more faith in humanity I guess. While John's view of the world was stunted due to lack of exposure to the BNW, his character earlier in the book seemed a bit more matured by experience, spiritual significant & hello survival. I liked the book up to the last chapter. I have yet to read the follow up book to BNW. I read something about how AH wished he changed the ending but, I don't know if I will take the time to search out the book. The upside of not liking the end was thinking about how I would have made different choices if I found myself confronted with a Brave New World.