Brave New World 9

"It's supposed to have been there for hundreds of years. I expect it's true, because I looked at it, and it seemed to be full of nonsense. Uncivilized. Still, it'll be good enough for you to practise your reading on." pg 131

         Linda doesn't aprreciate Shakespeare. That's my kind of lady. But beyond that, Linda isn't even familiar with the great impact Shakespeare made. Assuming that the setting is indeed England and not England on another planet, one would think their culture was filled with Shakespeare. Entire classes are based upon the styles of William Shakespeare, who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time, is made synonymous to Dr. Seuss. That's a bit of a slap in the face.
       I can relate to Linda a lot. When I suffered through Romeo and Juliet freshman year, I thought it was all outdated garbage. I wouldn't define Shakespeare as practice reading material, but their beautiful ignorance doesn't know any better. Maybe everyone should learn to spell first, because the word is practice not practise.

....unless you procrastinate on your blogs and have to do them on

your last week of summer. Then it'll fade real fast.