Age and the Totalitarian State
The concept of old age was mentioned in class several times today. There are a number of specific references in the first 10 chapaters that refer to old age and the citizens of the World State - which ones are they?
posted by belag at Monday, March 07, 2005
5 Comments:
ok, how about the others?
Monday, 07 March, 2005
Is there anyone older than 60?
Monday, 07 March, 2005
well, there is a catch - about how they die? is it voluntary?
Tuesday, 08 March, 2005
ok, you both are onto something, but go back to chapters 5-6, when Henry and Lenina fly over one of the crematoria..the answer is implicitly stated...
Thursday, 10 March, 2005
so, can we call it voluntary suicide?
Japanese culture has a form of this - when a person's honor depends on the act of self-slaughter
Friday, 11 March, 2005
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