Brave New World (1 Viewer)

[super_moron]

anyone reading brave new world for their english module thingy?

 

[Benny_]

no.. but I read it last year. Great book, best text in all my english electives, and obviously better than Stolen Children.. man that was boring

 

[+:: $i[Q]u3 ::+]

i saw everybody else reading it for english.. and after the hsc i thought what the heck, i shall join in the fun... and so i did... it had a really similar tone to 1984, i reckon. All depressive and uber-modern.
Except a bit more twisted, and more adherent to genre features with the tragic hero and stuff.

 

[super_moron]

yeh i quite enjoyed the book. many of the features of that future society can be seen today if u look enough...well thats what i reckon. but the crap thing about studying brave new world is that the text we're comparing it to is bladerunner...possibly the most boring movie of all time

 

[imsooverskool]

yeh bladerunner sucked ass, but bnw was great! i did find it hard 2 get through it though coz the themes in it are so similar 2 the probs we have 2day and i was like WOW this book is a little freaky!

 

[nessie_lee]

yeah we're reading it for english, haven't gotten round to reading it yet, if i couldn't be bothered i was just going to read chapter summaries to catch the general gist of it!

 

[Bolkonski]

"I want sin!" Brave New World is an awesome book, and so is George Orwell's 1984.. its probably one of the few books that maticulous study in the hsc of cant degrade its worth or make it crap..

both very cool books... did neither in the hsc... but good anyway.

 

[super_moron]

also....bladerunner is made 10x worse when the teacher stops the movie every 30seconds or so to explain the significance of the tinyest, most inconspicious little thingy...like a rat or something...
:mad1:

 

[mic]

yep, i read it for english too last year. i agree, a lot better than blade runner.

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by super_moron
...most boring movie of all time

i agree- we were forced to watch it twice!!

 

[Serpentia]

I am devastated that I am studying Brave New World

Witness the destruction of yet another literary classic..........

I am deeply saddened..... I think it's a f*cking fantastic book.......

damn english for destroying all that is good

 

[freaking_out]

Originally posted by Serpentia
I am devastated that I am studying Brave New World...

 

[Benny_]

Originally posted by Serpentia
I am devastated that I am studying Brave New World

Witness the destruction of yet another literary classic..........

I am deeply saddened..... I think it's a f*cking fantastic book.......

damn english for destroying all that is good

Not having read BNW before English 2003, I wouldn't know what to think of it without analyzing it. Didn't really ruin the experience for me though.

 

[Serpentia]

Lol maybe I should re-articulate myself

I feel that through over-analysing texts, which you have to do in English, the text loses a lot of value. I like to analyse things myself, and take my own reading, rather than learn how to take different parts of a text, and one very specific reading, to form an arguement (ie essay).

It's sad, the only way that people read some of the classics is because they are forced to at school...... and then... they don't enjoy them because they are made to overanalyse them.......

 

[super_moron]

yeh, there is a lot of analysis in english adv...but apparently nothing compared to ext 1 english...i dont do ext english myself, can anyone clarify exactly what goes on there?

 

[Serpentia]

lol Extension English involves breaking down in terms of concepts pertaining to society, rather than viewing a text to form the same arguement as everyone else, you are more encouraged to take up your own perspective on texts......

 

[super_moron]

but its so much easier to regurgitate other peoples thoughs and opinions!

bleh, im glad i didnt do ext english...ext maths and ext history are hard enough to cope with...

 

[Ocker]

I just so happen to be reading BNW now! :/

I am reading for myself, not for school though.

 

[da_butterfree]

yeah.. bnw isnt that bad.. quite true to life we r heading to these days.. and too childish too.. bladerunner was ok... the teacher stopping the tape was too annoying!! i love roy's character!! deckard is a dick!! the origami creations are mad!! but aint sure which ones better!!

 

[sweetcherry]

read that in english advanced last year - quite bizarre