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The argument as to whether _Brave New World_ has literary value is completely separate from _Fahrenheit 451_ and _1984_. Please, make the argument that it isn'
by moxiemk1 16y ago
The argument as to whether _Brave New World_ has literary value is completely separate from _Fahrenheit 451_ and _1984_.
Please, make the argument that it isn't the case on this particular book, but I'd say no book belongs in English classes because of the warning or political message it delivers. At the high school level, different (academically higher?) standards are looked at. This may include _Brave New World_, or it might not, but taking offense that a popular dystopian fiction novel isn't in the curriculum any longer isn't the right argument: removing an important work on literature and replacing it with a less important one is.
- mfukar 16y agoI doubt that makes it OK to remove an important work of literature and replace it with a more important one, neither.
- rbanffy 16y agoThe importance of the political message embedded in those books has no more relation to their literary value (which is something quite hard to define) than their political correctness (or lack of it) that offends an overzealous (and ignorant) mother. I found the idea of banning a politically loaded book (that speaks of, among other things, banning books) irresistibly funny. I am not sure Fahrenheit 451 or 1984 are required reading in the US, but they should be. They should be required reading everywhere.