By Alejandro Villasenor ![]() On January 29 2015, the Senior class began to read their second book called, A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. In this book, the students will read about a “utopian” society, called World State, where the new humans are genetically made and have no sort of freedom. Throughout this book, the students will see that there are many similarities between World State and North Korea, and how each country has its own ideas of being “great”. A Brave New World was published in 1932, before North Korea was established in 1945, despite having different time periods there are many similarities between them. One very close similarity between these two are the restrictions and lack of freedom these two countries give to their people. In World State, human beings are created using genetic technology, and assigned to a specific job based on their group. Meanwhile in North Korea, their Supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, forces people to have limited resources and stick to one job all their life, just like in World State. Overall I give this book a 4.5/5 because this book gives everyone an insight of what is to be believed a “perfect” place and how science and change play a major role in society and in today’s world. The author of the novel, “who defies standard political classification, was no stranger to controversy”. This novel showed the world that there are many things that occur in the daily life of people that are crazy and many of us don’t realize it. http://nationalvanguard.org/2015/01/the-inquiring-mind-of-aldous-huxley/ But what do the students think... Olivia Lopes, 12th grade Q: What do you think of the book so far? A: I think it is very interesting, yet weird because what we think is normal is like the complete opposite, and I also believe that the people there are blind. Q: Would you like to like to live in World State? A: No I would not because I would have no emotion and not be able to express myself, having no background no clue to where i came from and placed in a society that is cruel and sad. Q: What is something that you have learned from the book so far? A: I have learned that questioning society is not always a good thing, and that there is no such thing as a “perfect” society. Diego Dias, 12th grade Q: What do you think of the book so far? A: I hate it, because it is not interesting. Q: Would you like to like to live in World State? A: Hell no, because it is not normal. Q: What is something that you have learned from the book so far? A: I have learned nothing.
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