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Post by thecheat on Oct 28, 2009 17:13:55 GMT -5
By the way, George Orwell is one of my favorite authors of all time. I don't agree with all that he says but that man can play his readers like a harp. He knows how to make a reader sympathize with his characters and, ultimately, him.
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Post by Mizagium on Oct 28, 2009 17:37:40 GMT -5
whats that got to do with what we said?
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Post by TEAM_DERRICK on Oct 28, 2009 17:43:53 GMT -5
For the record, i love excessively wordy writing.
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Post by Monika on Oct 28, 2009 17:45:11 GMT -5
AH YEA I LURVE ME SOME ANIMAL FARM
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Post by thecheat on Oct 28, 2009 17:54:46 GMT -5
It really doesn't have much to do with anything, I just felt like adding that into the thread on LITERATURE. Orwell was a brilliant writer.
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Post by Mizagium on Oct 28, 2009 18:07:25 GMT -5
Sure, I'll grant that. In fact, I'm looking forward to reading Nineteen Eighty-Four next semester.
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Post by Monika on Oct 28, 2009 18:42:47 GMT -5
Sure, I'll grant that. In fact, I'm looking forward to reading Nineteen Eighty-Four next semester. PFFT read it now and get an advantage over your competition. I must admit that 1984 is toward the top of my list in terms of required literature of my EHS career. |
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Post by thecheat on Oct 28, 2009 18:55:32 GMT -5
1984 is alright, but I like Brave New World better when it comes to dystopian literature. For that matter, Fahrenheit 451 is a good read, too, but I think that ranks below Orwell.
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Post by TEAM_DERRICK on Oct 28, 2009 19:02:56 GMT -5
I found Brave New World to be a great read. I love the idea of a Utopian state that is in some ways more degredating (is that a word?) to humanity than it is beneficial.
When i say humanity, I'm referring to the moral and cultural implications, not technological.
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Post by Monika on Oct 28, 2009 19:04:51 GMT -5
Degrade, degrading, and degradation are words. Degradating is not.
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Post by TEAM_DERRICK on Oct 28, 2009 19:11:29 GMT -5
whatever.... IT IS NOW!!!!
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Post by thecheat on Oct 28, 2009 19:17:20 GMT -5
Brave New World was a dystopian novel. It depicted a pseudo-utopia where thought and morality are stifled by unrestrained sexual urges and chemicals. Huxley wrote during the 20's when people were sneaking alcohol due to Prohibition and women were beginning to embrace their sexuality. He considered civilization all but lost.
I suppose that's semi-agreeing with Derrick, with a correction on his usage of the word "utopia".
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Post by TEAM_DERRICK on Oct 28, 2009 19:26:51 GMT -5
i was hesitant to call it a dystopia. Dystopia's tend to be total shit-holes.
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Post by thecheat on Oct 28, 2009 19:28:39 GMT -5
That it was, Derrick, that it was. Brave New World described a cultural, moral, and intellectual shithole.
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Post by Mizagium on Oct 29, 2009 14:31:00 GMT -5
Fahrenheit 451 was good.
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Post by thecheat on Oct 29, 2009 15:38:06 GMT -5
Fahrenheit 451 was good, not great. It's about book burning more than anything else, and that's not nearly as relevant anymore. Censorship is still around, don't get me wrong, what with the people insisting Harry Potter should be torn from the shelves, but nobody takes those people seriously.
Things are much better than the 50's, but censorship is still a problem.
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Post by TEAM_DERRICK on Oct 31, 2009 11:37:22 GMT -5
so.... How about that McCarthy?
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Post by thecheat on Nov 2, 2009 23:12:21 GMT -5
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