http://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=xfrael 1999-11-13T09:07:18Z http://everything2.com:80/user/xfrael/writeups/islandxfraelhttp://everything2.com:80/user/xfrael1999-11-13T09:07:18Z1999-11-13T09:07:18Z <p>Island is the counterpoint to <a href="/title/Brave+New+World">Brave New World</a> by <a href="/title/Aldous+Huxley">Aldous Huxley</a> himself. The story is about a third-world contry that attempts to develop its own, highly humanistic civilization, but is threatened by the <a href="/title/evil">evil</a> <a href="/title/western+civilization">western civilization</a>. Some of the elements of <a href="/title/Brave+New+World">Brave New World</a> play opposite roles in this book: <a href="/title/drugs">drugs</a> are used to promote higher understanding instead of running away from reality, the educational model focuses on <a href="/title/freedom">freedom</a> rather than <a href="/title/mind+control">mind control</a>, etc.</p>