Brave New World

When I started reading Brave New World, I couldn't figure out why we were made to read it in school; it seemed a middling sci-fi novel, at best. From a discussion standpoint, things really pick up when John is taken from the reservation and introduced to "civilisation." Now that I've finished re-reading it, I like it even less than I did last time—not at all, in fact—but at least I understand why we read it in school.