Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, was an English writer who was best known for his novels but also wrote short stories, poetry, and film scripts. He was a mystic and pacifist and also well known for supporting and taking hallucinogens and is considered to be the "spiritual father" of the hippie movement. Huxley was a leader of modern thought.
"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him."
– Aldous Huxley
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Reading Assignment 2: Chapters 4-5
Gene realizes that while he has been jealous of Finny, Finny has been jealous of Gene. Finny, as Gene has described him, is perfect. He is athletic, popular, and friendly to everyone. Gene comes to the conclusion one day that Finny is trying to take him away from his studies by going to the tree because Finny wants Gene to bad academically. But in the end, Gene goes with Finny to the tree due to Finny sincere response to Gene's reaction to them going to the tree. While in the tree, attempting a double jump, Gene has an impulse and forces Finny to fall out of the tree. Gene feels cleansed by this as he jumps into the river after Finny has fallen.
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