Friday, July 1, 2011

"'The matter?' He dropped heavily into a chair. 'I'm going to be sent to Iceland'" (103). I feel like I honestly don't know what is going on through most of this book. What's so bad about Iceland? Who is this "Ford" man, and where is he right now? Why do some people like Bernard understand the messed up world, and others like Lenina don't? How did the world become this way? Huxley's style seems to leave a lot of unanswered, or open-ended, questions for the reader. I understand parts of things, like all the social levels, why they use soma, and the weird conditioning for children. At the moment though, I feel like I have more questions about the book than answers.

1 comment:

  1. a lot of good questions here. But some of them have been addressed. make sure you're not "zoning out" while reading.

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