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kamerir
kamerir
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High School - 9th Grade

Within which literature genre would you classify Brave New World? Dystopian story? What are typical elements for it?

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Posted by kamerir on Thursday May 7, 2009 at 2:53 AM and tagged with dystopia, elements, genre.

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  1. mr-robitaille
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    High School - 12th Grade

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    Brave New World is definitely a dytopian novel. This genre often appears within the larger science fiction genre, and features an imaginary (usually future) society which demonstrates the catastrophic outcome of some present-day trend. In this case, BNW features a society which has been completely given over to technology and pleasure. Aldous Huxley was clearly commenting on the modern trend to move away from nature towards a more artificial life dominated by sensual pleasure. He seems to have believed that our giving ourselves over to pleasure robs us of a certain spirituality, without which our lives will lose meaning and we will become the mere tools of our rulers.

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    Posted by mr-robitaille on Thursday May 7, 2009 at 5:14 AM