Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Who is Aldous Huxley?

Aldous Huxley is an English novelist and critic who is most famous for the novel Brave New World. He mainly wrote crime and drama stories. He was actually born into a very well educated family. However, when he lost his sight for a period of time, he was unable to fulfill his future plans of being a scientist and fighting in World War II.



What is a satire?


satire /noun
1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.

-dictionary.com

This basically means that it is the a work of literature that uses sarcastic or ridiculing words to degrade or disagree with foolish or evil and immoral acts.