The society of a Brave New World‚ by Aldous Huxley‚ is closer to the idealized interpretation of a utopia than current society‚ but modern society is preferable. People being conditioned to be falsely content with their society‚ and the lack individual thought‚ are examples of why the World State is corrupt. Although there are many faults in modern society‚ people have free will‚ and are able to control their own lives. The common belief of the people in A Brave New World is that The stability of
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Aldrous Huxley’s novel‚ Brave New World‚ the drug soma influences the World State with falsely constructed hallucinations of pleasure. The soma’s originally unchallenged authority develops a conflict with John the Savage as the two symbols in Huxley’s novel struggle for power within the sinful civilization of the World State. The drug‚ soma‚ is representative of a Christ figure in Huxley’s novel that captures supreme dominance in society. Soma holds dominance over the World State by creating the ideal
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Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a work of science fiction‚ but it is not a work about the dangers of science. Huxley himself says in the forward to the novel that "the theme of Brave New World is not the advancement of science as such; it is the advancement of science as it affects human individuals" (Huxley xi). In the novel‚ Huxley shows that science itself is dangerous and that the true goal of the World State’s research is to advance consumer technology—the aspect of science that directly
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The final section of Brave New World achieves the ultimate impact that people see the world differently. At the end‚ while Mustapha Mond and John are having a conversation‚ the reader can see that not everyone can handle one man’s opinion of a perfect society. In Ford’s society people have different classes‚ any night time partner they wish to have‚ a set job‚ all the leisure they want‚ no worries‚ no parents‚ no kids‚ and soma. What they don’t have is attraction‚ old things‚ religion‚ poetry‚ a
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Brave New World Essay The concept of freedom is always changing and is often open to interpretation. What‚ exactly‚ is freedom? and why is it so important that we be free? In Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley leaves the reader in continuous suspense over which character is truly free or has freedom. The citizens of the World State do not possess any notion of freedom‚ they are unable to control the way they think
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1. Mother‚ monogamy‚ romance. High spurts the fountain; fierce and foamy the wild jet. The urge has but a single outlet. My love‚ my baby. No wonder those poor pre-moderns were mad and wicked and miserable. Their world didn’t allow them to take things easily‚ didn’t allow them to be sane‚ virtuous‚ happy. What with mothers and lovers‚ what with the prohibitions they were not conditioned to obey‚ what with the temptations and the lonely remorses‚ what with all the diseases and the endless isolating
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The British author of Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley‚ said: “’if one’s different‚ one’s bound to be lonely’” (Huxley). In Aldous Huxley’s book‚ Brave New World‚ there are multiple unorthodox characters‚ but Bernard Marx‚ Helmholtz Watson‚ and Mustapha Mond are the most unorthodox characters throughout the book. Bernard Marx proves that he is unorthodox multiple times throughout the book. The physical height of Marx is a clear indication that he is unorthodox. Although Bernard Marx has the status
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Huxley’s Brave New World‚ one is immersed deeply into his idea of a perfect world dystopia. The reader is first introduced to the Hatchery and Conditioning centre‚ where the human embryo from birth is modified with biochemical engineering to fit the World State’s rigid caste system. Additionally‚ several of the upper caste characters are introduced and through their conversation one learns of the societal values of this dystopian state such as the emphasis on consumerism and the way the World State
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(awilu) in Ancient Babylonia‚ tribal societies in Fiji islands‚ up to the New Harmony‚ an utopian society‚ established by Robert Owen‚ each society has a specific system‚ which is followed by its members. It refers to a particular set or system of linked social structures‚ institutions‚ relations‚ customs‚ values and practices‚ which conserve‚ maintain and enforce certain patterns of relating and behaving. In the current world‚ the development of capitalism as a major socioeconomic system‚
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One may think that the society in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a gross representation of the future‚ but perhaps our society isn’t that much different. In his foreword to the novel Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley envisioned this statement when he wrote: "To make them love it is the task assigned‚ in present-day totalitarian states‚ to ministries of propaganda...." Thus‚ through hypnopaedic teaching (brainwashing)‚ mandatory attendance to community gatherings‚ and the use of drugs to control
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