Hi there. Im in yr 12 doing my HSC. We are currently studying a book called BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley. Its driving me nuts! I dont get it. Can anyone explain it to me?

Chingy, learn how to Google:

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Les

Yup, Google has zillions of links for that one.

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I always think of John Gillespie Magee's (other famous) poem when this book is mentioned.


Brave New World

Oh! I would sing of drinks, and drugs,
Of china lavatory plugs,
Phantasmagoric jitterbugs,
- And quantities of smoke!

Of saxophonists with catarrh,
And trumpets tintinnabular
Wailing a last discordant bar
To while away the Blues;

Or shall I sing of Perspiration,
Glandular Coagulation,
The dreaded grip of Night-Starvation,
-- Of Dandruff, or B.O.?

For women now have treacly eyes,
Take trouble to de-alkalize,
And tell the most fantastic lies
To obviate their Age ...

Oh! Brave New World, what proof have we
That all the things that tarnish thee
Will definitely never be
Continued in the Next?

Thanks for the tips!