PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS

For me the following facts about Aldous Huxley were enough to wake my interest in him:

1. Huxley was denied U.S. citizenship (though he lived in the States for thirty years) because he refused to play any part in the military defense of the United States.
2. George Orwell, author of the books 1984 and Animal Farm, was one of Huxley’s students.
3. Huxley took the drug LSD while he lay on his death bed.
4. Huxley died on the same day as President John F. Kennedy and C. S. Lewis, famed author of The Chronicles of Narnia.
5. Huxley is so influential he’s even managed to penetrate pop culture. The Beatles used a picture of him on the cover of their Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

(taken from http://www.enotes.com/authors/aldous-huxley, last viewed on the 19/01/2007)

In addition to that the author caught my attention because of his book Brave New World. I red it in High School and I was especial fascinated with the scenes about the savage, which take place in New Mexico. As I spend a year in New Mexico at that time and got into contact with a lot of Indians living on the reservation there, I could relate real well to what he was talking about.

What also impresses me is, as already mentioned above, the huge influence he still has on modern society. He is involved somehow in various films. One of them is Demolition Man as can be read on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World#Brave_New_World_Revisited):

Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock star in this film set in a not-too-distant future utopian society based on a Brave New World. Sandra Bullock's character is even named Lenina Huxley, referencing the author and character from the book. (1997)

So I hope through my page you were able to get to know this great personality a little bit better and were able to share my enthusiasm a little bit.

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