Below is the reading schedule from the bookmark.
Read the pages indicated that night for homework.
Sept. 11: Chapter 1, pp. 3-18
Sept. 12: Chapter 2, pp. 19-29
Sept. 13: Chapter 3, pp. 30-56
Sept. 14: Chapter 4, pp. 57-71
Sept. 17: Chapter 5, pp. 72-86
Sept. 18: Chapter 6, pp. 87-106
Sept. 19: Chapter 7, pp. 107-122
Sept. 20: Chapter 8, pp. 123-139
Sept. 21: Chapters 9 and 10, pp. 140-152
Sept. 24: Chapter 11, pp. 153-171
Sept. 25: Chapter 12, pp. 172-185
Sept. 26: Chapter 13, pp. 186-197
Sept. 27: Chapters 14 and 15, pp. 198-216
Sept. 28: Chapters 16 and 17, pp. 217-240
Oct. 1: Chapter 18, pp. 241-259
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Here's a (very) rough translation of the French stuff in the beginning of the book, for whoever's interested:
"Utopias appear to be much more realizable than we believed in the past. And we actually find ourselves in front of a question even more alarming: how to avoid their definitive realization? Utopias are realizable. Life is heading towards the utopias. And maybe a new century begins, a century where intellectuals and the cultured class dreams of a way to avoid the utopias and return to a non-utopian society, less "perfect" and more free.
This quote makes a lot of sense, at least now that it's in english. It's interesting to see the word "utopia" used in a negative way, as it usually has positive connotations.
Thanks for translating this Dustin (and Martin and Abby who shared in class). When we start discussing themes of the novel, we need to come back to this.
Roehl
Very interesting. I do not believe this passage is actually using utopia in a negative connotation, in that it is still implying that a utopia is perfect. I do, however, believe that it is saying that when things are perfect, perhaps life isn't as worth living. Therefore, perhaps it is advisable to abandon a perfect existence for a flawed one, insofar that life can become worht living once again.-Michael B
Towards the end of Huxley's life he was interested in parapsychology and philosophical mysticism.
Ironically Huxley died on November 22,1963; the same day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
I just read the "Art of Being Human" passage from the handout, and I think its discussion of science and technology is a good counterpoint to the kind of thinking that could lead to a B.N.W.-ish 'dystopia'. I notice it's kind of hard to argue against BNW's society in concrete terms, especially since what's "good" is increasingly determined by positive-sounding statistics. The "Brave New World" has all sorts of statistics to brag about--the economy always booms, employment is 100%, and I'm sure they have super-high standardized test scores--it's just that no one's really human. ...whoops.
Huxley recived screan credit for the movie Pride and Prejudice once he moved to LA.
Oh, and Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1984, the same day that...er... A new station was opened on the West Japan Railway line. And two men died in a train crash in Michigan. That's ironic in itself, but really has nothing to do with Huxley.
While taking acid on his deathbed, Aldous Huxley wrote "The Doors of Perception" which influenced the naming of the rock band, The Doors.
In 1955 Huxleys wife Maria Nijs died of Breast cancer. Only a year later in 1956 he remarried Laura Archera.
@Ted O: Actually, The Doors of Perception was published nine years before Huxley died in 1963.
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