women he encountered and their use of drugs and alcohol. This self-indulgent and lascivious behavior lead Huxley to believe that people were starting to care more about hedonistic pleasures than relationships leading to a breakdown in society. Brave New World displayed Huxley’s displeasure with those self-medicating and displaying wanton behavior in order to escape the hardships of society. (Grigsby‚ 2009‚ para. 1-3). Huxley and his
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Shweta Jain Period 2 AP English 22 November 2008 “Brave New World” offers a view of the world as it might become if science is no longer ruled by man but man is ruled by science and thus puts at stake his freedom. Nowadays‚ probably everybody is familiar with the debates concerning the amazing breakthroughs in science‚ and especially in cloning. Brave New World shows the warnings of the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies. One illustration of this theme is
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psychological and physical training‚ the implementation of an austere caste system‚ and the censorship of literature and religion by a controlling government in Aldous Huxley’s futuristic novel‚ Brave New World. The government in Brave New World uses many techniques to ensure that the citizens of the World State are kept in conformity. Through several psychological devices‚ the population is kept within a prison‚ their very own minds. Citizens are conditioned to behave a certain way and believe certain
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internal secretions artificially balanced at a youthful equilibrium...’“ (Huxley 110-111). In this excerpt it can be determined that Lenina is incapable of acknowledging the fact that people can appear physically aged. This is due to the reason that the World State does not allow it to happen through a series of scientific methods‚ which is meant to benefit the society. 2. “ ‘I ought to have been there… Why wouldn’t they let me be the sacrifice? I’d have gone round ten times---twelve‚ fifteen. Palowhtiwa
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 In the story A Brave New World‚ John is the one character who would be completely sane in our modern world. He lived in the “Savage Reservation” which is basically a modified version of our world. He also read from Shakespeare‚ which gave him manners and knowledge from our time. He gives us the point of view of someone not unlike ourselves. If the story was from the point of view of a working selfpleasing human robot like everyone in the dystopia‚ nothing much would have happened. John believes
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Brave New World: Summer Assignment 1. Like oil to machines‚ in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ soma is essential for survival. In this dystopia‚ the society’s stability derives from drug use. "And if ever‚ by some unlucky chance‚ anything unpleasant should somehow happen‚ why‚ there’s always soma to give you a holiday from the facts. And there’s always soma to calm your anger‚ to reconcile your enemies‚ to make you patient and long-suffering. In the past you could only accomplish these things
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Discuss the ways in which control is exhibited over the society of Brave New World‚ - conditioning ->behavior - caste structure/social hierarchy - genetic manipulation/embryonic manipulation ->chemical To create a utopia‚ where everyone is happy‚ no war‚ no conflict‚ and even no jealousy and sadness‚ the Brave New World society uses different ways to control humans in the community‚ by conditioning‚ caste structure and genetic manipulation. Firstly‚ for conditioning. Even before the birth of
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"Brave New World” utopia or dystopia? The society displayed in the book shows that it is quite hard to label as one or another. Many would say that in the novel Huxley portrays a systematic utopian society. Whereas others such as author Leon Kass states "Huxley shows the reader a dystopia that goes with rather than against‚ the human grain". (p.311) Advances in scientific research allow the World State to create a world where people are conditioned to be happy the way they are. In the novel science
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In this quotation which taked from Brave New World‚ written by Aldous Huxley. Controller Mustapha Mond told with John. John was arguing with Controller about religion and God. John believed that human need God and Controlller should tell the people about the truth of God. However‚ Controller said that God is too old and time had alredy changed. Controller thought the reason of God changed because human changed. “The religions sentiment will compensate us for all our losses.” “But there aren’t any
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Critical Analysis of Brave New World In Aldous Huxley’s satirical novel‚ Brave New World‚ the government of a futuristic‚ utopian civilization censors the citizens from anything they do not agree with. Meanwhile “savages” whom are banned from “civilization”‚ are free to keep their personal morals and values. Huxley is critical of governments deceiving their citizens‚ consumerism and mankind’s lust affair with selfishness. Governments exist to manipulate and control the people they rule over
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