IMPORTANT... has anyone read cat in the hat? I read green eggs and ham and need to compare them.
I liked 1984 more, but both are excellent fiction as well as being some incredible commentary and prediction on our society.
Read them both, prefer Brave New World. Though Anthony Burgess' The Wanting Seed is an interesting twist on the same theme and IMO is better written than the two you're writing on.
And yeah, read them if you have half a brain. They should be requisite reading for anyone who ever wants to vote.
And yeah, read them if you have half a brain. They should be requisite reading for anyone who ever wants to vote.
That's a little extreme. While there may be some similarities, to compare it to todays government is quite...ridiculous.
What I did for those books:
Brave New World was short, and pretty easy to read, so I just read it. 1984 I believe was longer, and tougher to read. Me and my buddies rented the movie, and watched it. I still remember to this day, some slightly disturbing images of the most hairy naked woman ever. :thumbsdown:
Brave New World was short, and pretty easy to read, so I just read it. 1984 I believe was longer, and tougher to read. Me and my buddies rented the movie, and watched it. I still remember to this day, some slightly disturbing images of the most hairy naked woman ever. :thumbsdown:
Of course, the movie was nothing like the book and even destroyed the whole point of 1984 with the ending.
Exactly!!
These are High School books. They are easy reads and cool books.
But yeah, I understand what you mean. I never read anything that was assigned to me in school (in general). I would read things I was interested in, and then when I ran out of books I wanted to read, I would start reading the assigned books. I just hated learning on their stupid schedule. So freaking boring.
**EDIT**
It made me a terrible student though.
I've learned my lesson though. I need to just follow "their" schedule and do well if I want to reach my goals when I go back to school. I am reading everything ahead of time though, so hopefully that will help the boredom.
DanTMWTMP
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why the hell did you procrastinate and not read them? both are relatively fast reads, and you SHOULD read them. A lot of stuff later in life makes references to these books (small talk, movies, other books, pop culture, etc etc blahblah)
Both are good books for its time, but for today, IMO, their views and such are almost comical and naive. Brave New World, IMO, is better than 1984, but I suppose you have to read them to find out.
Both are good books for its time, but for today, IMO, their views and such are almost comical and naive. Brave New World, IMO, is better than 1984, but I suppose you have to read them to find out.
Read them both. I liked 1984 better, thought it told a more interesting and creepy story.
Best part about them now is when you look at the technology and science that shows up. With 1984 the mass resource consumption would never hold, at least not more than a few generations, in the real world. And for Brave New World, well, now we have cloning and genetic engieering, methods far cleaner than what were used in the book. The industrial contraceptives also made be grin. Never mind the personal helicopters. (Considering how badly people drive cars, can you imagine them trying choppers?)
Best part about them now is when you look at the technology and science that shows up. With 1984 the mass resource consumption would never hold, at least not more than a few generations, in the real world. And for Brave New World, well, now we have cloning and genetic engieering, methods far cleaner than what were used in the book. The industrial contraceptives also made be grin. Never mind the personal helicopters. (Considering how badly people drive cars, can you imagine them trying choppers?)
Originally posted by: DaShen
I definitely need to read it now.
That was surprisingly good. I read it in a russian lit course and enjoyed it quite a bit.
cKGunslinger
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Judging by your fvcked-up spelling and grammatical skills, maybe you should have read a book once in a while, biggie.
I'll probably read these books someday. Time to go read Wuthering Heights now. ;-)
By the way, I got my essay back. It was the first essay of the year. I still got the second highest score in the class without reading the books...
By the way, I got my essay back. It was the first essay of the year. I still got the second highest score in the class without reading the books...
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Wuthering Heights is one of the worst books I've ever read. Should've read 1984 and sailed by on Sparknotes for Wuthering Heights. Brave New World is a great book as well (although I prefer 1984)
Two quality books about "utopia," one of my favorite subjects. Shame you missed them.
Word to the wise: sailing by in high school is easy, but occasionally the things they have you do will teach you something. Being forced to read two classic books entirely relevant to current times and then think critically about them is hardly the worst thing a school could have you do. Strange as it may seem, there is a real world out there, and most of the time you will be expected to know things.
Two quality books about "utopia," one of my favorite subjects. Shame you missed them.
Word to the wise: sailing by in high school is easy, but occasionally the things they have you do will teach you something. Being forced to read two classic books entirely relevant to current times and then think critically about them is hardly the worst thing a school could have you do. Strange as it may seem, there is a real world out there, and most of the time you will be expected to know things.
SarcasticDwarf
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