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>> No.2237142
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>> No.2237143

>>2237140
Two sides of the same coin.

Orwell was more a product of his time, Huxley either wrote with more foresight or was a bit luckier.

Neither should be overlooked for the other.

>> No.2237147

1984 represents orwell's fear of fascism and an overbearing government. How it would maintain control of its populace.

Brave New World isnt really dystopian. I think huxley looked at human drives and imagined a stable future for us. Where our drives are satisfied. The 'savage' represents the romantic 'human spirit' and his natural aversion to the 'perfect' world his intellect had crafted. Its half prediction, half prescription, with his own personal feelings tinging it.

>> No.2237155

Op here, i'm not asking you a description of both, i'm saying " go on, choose one". I know both of the books and both are amazing, but i love BNW is much closer to modern capitalism than 1984 and it was written long time ago

>> No.2237159

>>2237155
What do you mean "choose one".

What does that mean. Are you asking which is our favorite? Which was more "accurate"? Which was better literature?

You need to be more clear.

>> No.2237163

>>2237155
>implying a thread ought to be what op means / wants

>> No.2237165

>>2237155

Choose one? Brave new world easily. Much better written, more prophetic, and more relevant to my own life.

>> No.2237168

>>2237159
i'm clear, i'm saying choose one, you must give me the reasons which seems more important to you

>> No.2237172

>>2237168
Okay, but choose one for what? Choose one to defend myself against a mugger? Choose one to recommend to my mother? Choose one to wipe my ass?

Quit being dense, saying "choose one" is meaningless.

>> No.2237175

>>2237172

Are you really that much of an asshole?

Which one do you like better.

>> No.2237176

>>2237172
I agree. OP wasn't specific, he didn't give any criteria with which you could 'choose'. But, I think, he like, just wants you to like, go with it, man. Make up your own criteria :)

>> No.2237177

i think that Orwell just criticizes totalitarianism thinking that freedom of speech and free access to "information" is gonna liberate us from alienation. It also feeds the conspiracy-theory and does not see that democracy is totalitarianism continued by other means.

I read BNW too long ago to talk about it, have to re-read it, but F451 or This Perfect Day are much better.

also, OP is a faggot

>> No.2237186

>>2237172
see
>>2237176

>> No.2237189

>>2237186
see
>>2237163

>> No.2237200

BNW may have been more predictive, but 1984 beats its ass in storytelling.

>> No.2237247

>>2237200

1984 is pretty much a perfectly crafted story. Its true. Orwell went hard. But I just like Huxley's prose better.