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Rhiannon12866

(252,189 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:45 PM 3 hrs ago

Velshi Banned Book Club: 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley - Velshi - MS NOW



Aldous Huxley’s magnum opus “Brave New World” is eerily relevant in today’s America. It explores our cultural fixation and addiction to distraction in a world of unbridled mass consumerism. Alarmingly, it depicts a world with little hope for change when there is little desire to change. - Aired on 02/07/2026.
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Velshi Banned Book Club: 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley - Velshi - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 3 hrs ago OP
I know it is considered a classic, but I found it incredibly boring. mwmisses4289 3 hrs ago #1
I Taught it for Years in AP English Lit. ScoutHikerDad 2 hrs ago #2
Sounds excellent and a bit like my favorite English class in high school! Rhiannon12866 2 hrs ago #3

mwmisses4289

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1. I know it is considered a classic, but I found it incredibly boring.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:00 PM
3 hrs ago

I had to read it for high school English one year. Read it once, and swore never again.
I find a lot of the classics incredibly boring. Not sure why, but there it is.

ScoutHikerDad

(94 posts)
2. I Taught it for Years in AP English Lit.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:42 PM
2 hrs ago

Then followed it up with Neal Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death. My students really got into it along with The Handmaid's Tale (before my district banned it). I always challenged my students to help me figure out how these classical novels are happening right now, which generated some challenging class discussions and essays.

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