Huxley vs. Orwell

I think this was a very clever comic and it brought up a very good point that is kind of ironic. I say this because it is not our dangers that are killing us, like Orwell said, but it is our pleasures that are killing us. And, like we learned in class when discussing apathy and other ill effects of the pleasure our society finds in things, it is killing us. I like his choice in presenting it in a web comic. That was the only way people would have read it and find it interesting to read today on the internet. It had illustrations to go along with it making it funny and visually pleasing and also a bit more pleasing to read. I know I would be more likely to skip over an article if it was in paragraph form rather than a comic strip. This proves what the author meant by Huxley knew our real threat. Orwell was afraid we would not be allowed to gain the information, but that's not how it turned out. Huxley was correct in that we will have the information, but will want our addictions and worldly pleasures over seeking to gain information. We can read a book or article and learn, but would rather read a comic or something funny on the internet. I thought was very clever. If it was presented any other way, I would not have understood what the author meant as well. They were right for choosing a comic. I enjoyed it.