Aslan Academy

It was my great pleasure to join Darnell Samuels and Joel Nicoloff for a stimulating and fun discussion on the importance of dystopian literature, reading and teaching, Aslan Academy's work, and other interesting topics.

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How’s your digital addiction going? Do you find your power for sustained reading diminished, that you spend less time in direct contact with other humans, that you’d rather text someone than call them, that you are glued to your phone first thing in the morning and last thing at night? Is the incessant drone of podcasts, YouTube, Netflix, and the other endless sources of the social media deluge the constant soundtrack to your existence? Would you prefer to look into a screen instead of a mirror?

You may be just like Mildred, the wife of Montag, the protagonist fireman in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Check out Lesson 14 on Mildred’s Escapism, Mass Media Addiction, and the Loss of True Beauty and Art in our Fahrenheit 451 YouTube video series (clip below).

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In this video lesson, we encounter Captain Beatty as he reveals his secret historical knowledge about the conditions of society that led to the dystopian world in which Montag finds himself. What were the underlying problems and systemic issues that gave birth to their dystopian reality?

Shockingly, it’s not much different than the conditions of our current world. Do you see any similarities? Write a comment below if this resonates with you, and share your parallels!

Watch to find out more, and visit our YouTube page for the full lesson and lesson series.