I promise whoever reads this that I have read a book this summer. I just haven't logged any of them into my blog. Bad me. Baaad. I've actually been reading and acquiring books like nobody's business. I'm pretty sure book shopping (especially antique book shopping) should be a Class I addiction. I've read books on and off the book list. And one play. More are coming. I even had a book dropped on my lap (well, desk) that I didn't know existed. These are the best kind. It's an account of a psychologist imprisoned at Auschwitz and Dachau during the Holocaust. If it weren't written in such matter-of-fact language and I didn't read this rather short novel in small spurts, I would probably cry. Which is bad in a work setting. The book is focused on the effect of true suffering on the human behavior. It's magnificent. Not just the account, the conclusions pulled from it. It's called Man's Search for Meaning. You can look it up, buy it, or borrow it from me, since I'm keeping the copy that was given to me.
But. The reason that I am blogging today was because I stumbled upon an article that confused me at first. It's about Brave New World and the approach threw me. It is an in-depth article that proves that the novel is not purposed as a defense to bioengineering. In other words, it's a dystopia not a utopia and Huxley was, in fact, proving that the aspects of the society he created are bad. This confused me because I thought "Duh. Who doesn't know that?" In fact, some don't. They fail to see the irony. Sigh. I personally don't want a post-atheistic, pleasure seeking society that makes the pleasures in life devoid of meaning and intellect useless and pain distasteful and love gone. Anyhow, draw your own conclusions:
*note: I didn't actually read the article in its entirety. If my conclusions about the article are incorrect, feel free to inform me. Politely.
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