march 19

JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "C'mon Get Happy" by the Partridge Family; "The Dope Show" by Marilyn Manson; "Don't Worry Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin]

If you compare it with the headlines, Brave New World can be a depressing, even shocking reminder that society appears to be going awry.  So why do so many people regard it as such a brilliant novel?  Why have generations of high school students been required to read about sex play and blank, staring, anesthetized adults engaged in the pursuit of pseudo-happiness?  Is there a silver lining to this dystopian Modernist literature?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Test
3. Chapter 7

POST:
a) Reading notes on Chapter 7 (title: CHAPTER 7 BNW)

b) Do you read when you're not in school?  What do you read?  Why?  If you don't read, why not?  Please enlighten your readers.  (title: READING ME)