Brave New World

By Aldous Huxley

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 058241945X
• ISBN13: 9780582419452
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Penguin
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 0.3" x 7.9"

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“O brave new world that has such people in't!” – Miranda (The Tempest)

O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in't! –Miranda The Tempest Act 5, scene 1, 181–184 In a world where everyone knows their purpose and is alike, is being different a blessing or a curse? We are treated to a glimpse of a possible future world where friendship can still exist. This is a story of a handful of individuals in a world that emphasizes "Community, Identity, Stability" who find each other and discuss subjects that most of the people of that time could not understand. However, we do. Naturally, the author Aldous Huxley builds his scenarios and draws his conclusions through the characters' speeches and descriptions of experimental history. Bernard Marx, who is about to lose his job because he is different (quite different) from those around him, decides to take a vacation to visit the Zuni's. There, he meets a misplaced person named John. Together with the help of Bernard's friend Henry, they intend to change the world. Soon, they find out the world is incapable of changing. We get an Ayn Rand type speech from Mustapha Mond, one of the world controllers, that helps you realize that in this brave new world, the three friends are the anomaly. How can this enigma be solved? Now look for “Brave New World” TV Movie (1998) Starring: Peter Gallagher, Leonard Nimoy as Mustapha Mond. Also, a three-hour (1980) TV Movie version starring Julie Cobb, Bud Cort, and Keir Dullea.