"England, Late 1990s" no speaker Pg 1
If I had to guess it's no coincidence that these two novels are strongly related. On the surface they don't seem all that similar. One is about a bunch of slutty caste system snobs in the middle of their adulthood. The other is about a group of friend clones and their entire life story. But with a closer look they are quite similar. The first is that they both take place in England. But the connection goes much deeper than just their location. Both deal with some extremely controversial social issues ranging from conflict between individualism and society as a whole to genetic advancement or the limiting of such projects. They also deal with how society dehumanizes people in order to make the horrific things they do both acceptable and understandable. I'm looking forward to discovering what other connections others came up with in class discussions. Also as a side note I'm curious to figure out whether the choice of these british novels has something to do with you teaching Brit Lit. Just a thought :)
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