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NormanYorkstein

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Tue Apr-03-07 07:26 PM
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14. I agree with Bronyraurus, BNW is much closer

Americans are numbed and distracted by mindless entertainment, celebrities, sex, and drugs. In 1984 if you said something "against the system" you might be tortured, in Brave New World saying something "against the system" just meant you were acting weird or cranky and you would be offered drugs, you know, to "chill out". I assume Ritalin and the like are the Soma of the modern USA.

Anyway it's good to know schools are still teaching kids these two great books. In fact, it sounds like a great assignment I would have enjoyed in school.

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