![]() ![]() In 2015, it was announced that Brave New World is going to be a show on the SyFy Channel as part of the channel's move away from spoofs like Sharknado to actual science fiction.Brave New World is still making waves and was the number 3 most challenged book of 2010 according to the American Library Association for "insensitivity" and its sexual content.Here is a New York Times article talking about how much of Brave New World hasn't come true, especially in the fact that art and science are still important in 21st century society.Basically, anyone who will challenge you to organize your thoughts and ideas in a beautiful and intelligent way loves putting it on the top of their syllabi. This is a quote that's well-loved by creative writing, journalism, and English professors of all stripes. ![]() Yeah, we wouldn't want to live in the World State. If Dante wrote the whole Divine Comedy away from his beloved home in Florence, then why can't Helmholtz come up with the great poem of the future in the Falkland Islands?īasically, writing is a superpower, especially in a universe which has banned the great works of literature. Surprised?īut Helmholtz doesn't lose his resolve when he gets exiled, and sees it as a source of inspiration for his writing. So he ends up writing a poem about being alone, and helps destroy soma, the happy drug of the future. He then talks about how the mindless propaganda that he writes for the World State doesn't fulfill him, and that he wants to do something more powerful and lasting with his words. Before he meets Bernard, who is an Alpha that is treated like an outsider, Helmholtz turns down a foursome and talks about how abstaining from sex is boosting his brain power. He's a smart Alpha (the highest caste in the society of Brave New World), who has a lot of sex and writes in his down time. This amazing line is delivered by Helmholtz Watson, a professor at the college of Emotional Engineering. It was a dystopian novel way before George Orwell made them cool in 1984, and definitely before Hunger Games and Divergent were on the bestseller list. This line was spoken by Helmholtz in the novel Brave New World (1932), written by Aldous Huxley.īrave New World is a classic-yet-futuristic novel where babies are born in special hatcheries and independent thought isn't encouraged. Wisdom Relationship Inspirational Brave New World Aldous Huxley Truth Intelligence Education Literature Communication Context ![]()
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