I'm a senior in high school, and I was honestly flabbergasted when my teacher (who at times is quite leftist) told us that we're reading this book (and surprisingly, one of her favorites). I've only read two chapters so far but it's clear that I can already see some parallels between the USA and the World State (lack of education, nobody reads books anymore, consumerism, thought police) and it made me wonder why it hasn't been banned yet. Most people say that Orwell (or in these times oh-well) was right, but I think that both Huxley and Orwell were right. The United States (and Europe and such) is a Huxlian society transitioning to Orwellian while more anti-democratic countries (China) are the opposite. What are your guys' thoughts on this? Are we truly a captive culture?