This is an Online Internet Book Club on Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
Description
The astonishing novel Brave New World, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future -- of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class. This powerful work of speculative fiction sheds a blazing critical light on the present and is considered to be Huxley's most enduring masterpiece.
Following Brave New World is the nonfiction work Brave New World Revisited, first published in 1958. It is a fascinating work in which Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with the prophetic fantasy envisioned in Brave New World, including threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion.
Book Club Questions for Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited:
- Did Aldous Huxley emphasize any specific themes throughout Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited? What do you think Aldous Huxley is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited reveal Aldous Huxley's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Aldous Huxley is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Aldous Huxley's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited:
- Did Aldous Huxley make persuasive arguments in Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited? Did Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited?
- How does Aldous Huxley present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Aldous Huxley biased within Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited make you want to read next? Why?
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