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Published October 07, 2012
Associated Press
LONDON â€"  British Prime Minister David Cameron has joined Twitter and sent his first tweet, immediately attracting tens of thousands of followers.
The leader, whose handle is (at)David_Cameron, says he will use the service to spread the word about his work as Conservative Party leader.
His first message on Sunday makes fun of his previous reluctance to use Twitter, saying "I promise there won't be 'too many tweets ...'"
Cameron had said in 2009 that he would steer clear of the site, but the trend proved has proved too popular to resist. Hundreds of other British lawmakers and politicians are on Twitter, with opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband boasting about 165,000 followers.
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Recommend UK prime minister joins Twitter Articles Question by Ashley: What is the significance of the title of "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley?"? why was this chosen to be the title? were there any quotes to show the reason as to why it was called that? How is the significance of "Brave New World" shown through the authors use of contrast, repetition, allusion, and/or point of view. Best answer for What is the significance of the title of "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley?"?:
Answer by ALEX
What's with the title? Brave New World is chock-full of references to one Shakespeare play after another. (See "Shout-Outs.") But the most important reference, at least thematically, is to The Tempest. The line in question is this: "Oh, wonder! / How many goodly creatures are there here! / How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, / That has such people in 't!" In Huxley's novel, the line is spoken by John, the "Savage" raised on an Indian Reservation who, as an adult, is brought to the "civilized" World State, a.k.a. Huxley's futuristic bad place. An avid Shakespeare reader, John is excited about the prospect of visiting a "new world." So now we go to The Tempest to see what's up. In the play you've got a young woman named Miranda, who has been on an island her entire life with only her father and two little spirits. So she's basically never seen a man that's a good contender for a romance. Then, a ship comes up on shore with lots of men. She spots one of the men, Ferdinand, and gets all excited. But this line, the "brave new world" line, comes at the end of the novel, when she finally sees all the other men. As you can see, there's a lot of sexuality beneath the surface here. Which brings us back to the irony of having John the Savage repeat this line. Since John is adamantly anti-sex, it's likely that he's ogling the new world and the "goodly creatures" in it without addressing those goodly creatures' sexuality. On the other hand, we know he's already smitten with Lenina when he quotes Miranda, so he might be alluding to the sexual undertones, although probably not consciously (as we know, John beats himself up when he starts thinking sexual thoughts, but there's no guilt to be seen at the point when he repeats the line). John ends up reciting this quote several times throughout the book, and, as you'll read in "Shout-Outs," this is a great way to examine how his view of the civilized World State â€" the "brave new world" â€" changes. And not in a good way, either. http://www.shmoop.com/brave-new-world/title.html This information is ridiculously easy to find. For goodness sake, it's the first section in the wikipedia for BNW. HSC by any chance? have fun with that.
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