Andre Churchwell
The fact that this is a satire comes in when I read:
“It was one those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move.”
The feeling of an outlandish object meant for reality sits well for what I consider satire, but then I read the rest of the book and I have to remind myself that it was satire on the political atmosphere of the time. I kept thinking of it as a rollicking dystopian feature (thanks Matrix!) but I have come to appreciate the subtle angle this is taking.
It seems I was mistaken, signing up for this class, what a satire entails. More than jokes, less than an affidavit of what is wrong and right, this shows you a world and expects you to make connections to your own. It’s not supposed to be laugh out loud funny until you actually see what happens in the book take place in front of you and say, “My God, the fools have really done it!” I am getting my understanding of satire more of a foundation with this book.
Pulling the people away from natural conventions seems to be the way for a tyrannical society. The "no sex" rule in particular has been seen in such media as Half-Life 2 where the Big Brother for of the times was Dr. Breen, telling people how the brutish natural way is backwards and how new science will lead us forward to a Utopian form of living less dependent on the whims of genealogy.
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