I just finished Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. In general it was strange and some of the scenes I had to skim through because they were so terrible (in a violent way, not in a literay way). It is a dystopian society that relies too heavily on technology and material happiness.
The literary world seems to be dominated by liberals and socialists but this book was quite the opposite and I really appreciated it's logic.
The logic is is that we cannot let the viviparous life be abandoned. A married mother and father is what a child needs. The promiscous life is immoral and terrible for society.
The logic is that we cannot have the government telling us what to do, where to work. We cannot let the government determine how much we earn or if we are allowed happiness. Even so far in the future, with all the advanced technology and science, a socialistic government is terrible. With capitalism, you can go wherever you want. If you are born poor, you may rise from that pit and become rich, if only you work for it. There is individual responsibilty, because the individual is important. Society is seondary. And we cannot let the government be our god. There needs to be a seperation, because man is fallible and God is not. Christianity is vital to society's happiness.
The only thing I didn't like was the savage's flogging of himself. His overall motiff is Christianty, but in that event he was representing sacrifice(success tastes sweetest to those who ne'r suceed) and not love, which is what Christianity is truely about.
Sometimes I wonder about the idea of having to choose between happiness and high art.
The rational and irrational.
The easy and the passionate.
Sometimes we forget that Christianity is raw, unmatched, beautiful art.
