Brave New World (Bloom's Nts) (Bloom's Notes) [Library Binding]

Harold Bloom (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bloom's Notes | Publication Date: October 1995

Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Library Binding: 96 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791040550
• ISBN-13: 978-0791040553
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,600,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is the story of life as we don't know it., October 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Brave New World (Bloom's Nts) (Bloom's Notes) (Library Binding)

This book can be related to today's society in many ways. If you don't know what is going on, read and learn. I am a young woman (17), and it tought me that I should always look for the truth. I can trully see our government manufacturing babies in the future. This book is real.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The book brings out the best quality of being human, March 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (Bloom's Notes) (Paperback)

David Keller I believe that "Brave New World" should be read by all people who feel that life is nothing more than play. To me, the author brings out a whole new perspective in life. Many people take the ability to think and reason for granite. If the right to think was one day taken from them, they would feel sorrow and pity for never using it. I asked a lot of my friends if they would rather lay around and drink soma while having erotic sex or if they would rather read literature and have a piece of mind to themselves. More than half of the people would rather drink soma. What has happened to the world? Have we invented to many easy ways to slack off. Have we made the brain a non-functioning machine? Maybe it is not the kids fault. Maybe it is the adults that have pushed so hard for progression that it is pulling a reversal and regressing the next generation. Huxley writes very clearly and makes known what he means. He is a very good writer and should continue an episode of "Brave New World". Huxley was not that far off in predicting what the future will be like seeing that he was 50 years in the past. It took a lot of time to animate such a utopia into a living and breathing thing. I give him much props and hope that he keeps up the good work

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5.0 out of 5 stars Idiots., March 12, 2006

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This review is from: Brave New World (Bloom's Nts) (Bloom's Notes) (Library Binding)

The last two reviewers are idiots. The book is Huxley's satire on modern society, and he criticizes the rampant sexuality of it. This Bloom's Notes book has excellent literary criticism to accompany its summaries, etc. Definitely use it for AP, IB English.