Brave New World-7

"'Fine to think we can go on being socially useful even after we're dead.'" (pg. 73)

Between Never Let Me Go and Brave New World, I'd have to say I'm enjoying reading BNW much more, although the ending of NLMG was mind blowing, so I won't make my final decision until then.

The biggest similarity between the two books (and what my quote relates to) is that the characters are seen not as people, but as objects to be used for the "greater good." In NLMG, it was for organs, and this is for production. There whole life is about being beneficial to someone else, and they don't have any real freedom. Then, of course, is the acceptance. Despite the way they're treated and controlled by outside forces, that's just the way life is.

The biggest difference between the two is that in NLMG, people are still produced naturally, while in BNW, the word mother is taboo-it could even be considered a cuss word.

However, in NLMG, the characters got to grow up and live their own (limited) lives. They weren't conditioned to think one way or have some kind of personality. BNW is much more scientific and detailed, and there isn't one absolute main character, like NLMG. I think it't interesting to see the way two others took the idea of cloning in such different directions.