Brave New World or 1984?

I like Brave New World Better than 1984, how about you?

 

brave new world definitely. 1984 with big brother is just a plot device for me whereas brave new world shows how humanity always shines through it some people.

 

1984 is not just a plot, it is showing of how totalitarian governments can brainwash people, and its message is to hold on to your own mind.

I think thta brave new world was showing that no society can be perfect, as none can be tailor made to suit everybody. but 1984 is the better read for me.

 

maybe.. I just can't identify with 1984 whereas there are several characters in brave new world that I can.

 

Is this a poll about which book we like better or which book more accurately predicts our future?

 

I liked 1984 better, because it made you feel so much closer to the main characters... like, Winston was consistent throughout the book until the end, and the main characters seemed to switch in Brave New World, from the guy who felt different to the "real" boy (don't remember their names). But they were both very good books!

 

I like Orwell's style more than Huxley's. Orwell is more precise, and in that preciseness, reveals more about the story and emotions he is trying to convey. Huxley has good ideas, but they aren't structured (in Brave New World) or described as well as Orwell's in 1984.

I <3 1984.

 

After I finished 1984 I was very affected by it. I think everyone should read it, maybe people would begin to think differnt.

 

I was more intrigued by 1984 and I love Orwell.

 

1984 was much more disturbing to me, so I liked it better. It put me into the guys life more than Brave New World did and it made some interesting points about language.

 

I like Brave New World better, maybe because ok all the sex and drugs in it.

 

close tie, but if I HAD to pick one, it'd be 1984.

 

Agreed cerridwen, I loved 1984 and Brave New World, but when it comes down to the wire, both were amazing.

 

huxley

 

both are great... but "the savage" makes his way into my mind almost daily as i observe the world...

 

I prefer Brave New World to 1984 because BNW is more psychological and deals more with the manipulation of the masses through drugs, sex and other psychological means.

1984 is more outward and deals with things more noticeable in a totalitarian society. Things we would expect (excessive surveillance, media control, overt propaganda, etc..)

Brave New World is in no way fiction. Aldous' brother Julian worked for the Elite-controlled, London-based Tavistock Institute, and much of what was going on in BNW is going on today, because what is talked about in BNW is part of a long-term, real-life agenda.

We live in a society that is sexually depraved and chronically drugged (with pharmaceuticals like Ritalin and Prozac), which is all by design of course. Aldous knew the score, and much of what he talks about in BNW comes more from actual Tavistock documents than the mind of Huxley himself.

At the present time, I would say we are living in more of a Brave New World type of society, which is becoming almost as much 1984ish.

 

I enjoy them both very much, but Brave New World gets my vote. 1984 is a great political commentary, but there is so much more story in Brave New World

 

1984

 

"Brave New World" is a fine story, but "1984" is more than that, is a manifesto against totalitarianism.....

 

For sheer emotional impact 1984 wins hand down. That ending was so depressing, so terrifying to me. Never before or sinse has a book had that kind of effect on me. You get so used to happy endings, or at least some glimmer of hope or something. To be kicked in the face with an ending like that... just wow. I mean, both books had that despairing feel to it, but 1984 just totally nails it to your face. And it really makes important points about war, information, and language. I guess Brave New World does too, but I still vote for 1984.