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    Through the readings of‚ “Brave New World”‚ it states that a utopian society is to achieve a state of stability‚ loss of individuality‚ and even the undoing of Mother nature must occur. Accomplished engineers conditioned produces a world in which people are going to live a happily ever after life but at a great cost. As in for today there are many strong debates and questions about the extraordinary breakthroughs in science such as cloning‚ in communications through the Internet with its never ending

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    Rome was a warring society who economy was based on expansion‚ plundering and eventually trading and living in the areas over which their armies had expanded Rome’s control. Rome never got beyond the small shop concept of manufacturing‚ so this limited their adoption of technology. Artisans and craftsmen had little opportunity or use for new technology beyond what they worked with in the course of their making goods. Since there never was a factory system in the Empire‚ there were no owners who would

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    you think our society is today? I think that our society will not be like the society in Brave New World. Our society will not be the society in Brave new World because our society has different point of views than the society in Brave New World. The reasons that I think our society will not be like the society in Brave New World is because giving birth to a baby is okay‚ in our society people date one person at a time‚ and in our society people have more freedom the society of Brave New World. Our

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    Brave New World As man has progressed over time there has been one thing strived for more than anything else. That has been to arrive at a utopian society‚ where everyone is happy‚ disease is nonexistent‚ and conflict‚ anger‚ or sadness are unheard of. In a utopian society only happiness exists. While reading Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ I came to realize that this is not what humans really want. In fact‚ utopian societies are much worse of than the societies of today

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    was an attitude impressed upon the people of Aldous Huxley’s‚ Brave New World. A society free of disease and suffering was achieved through a technique of conditioning called hynopaedia. "Civilization is sterilization"‚ was a hynopaedic slogan used to achieve the ideal society. This idea was manifested through the anesthetizing people’s emotions‚ the sterilization of humans and the cleanliness of society. <br> <br>The Brave New World sterilized people of emotions through the elimination of families

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    adjust yourself in a new society) ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Moving to a new society is the most difficult project I might have. The difficulties that I faced in a new society can be a result of culture shock. The reason being‚ you share your new life with people that have a different background. Recently‚ I moved to the USA which was the biggest changing in my life. The adapting in a new culture can be a

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    Assess attitudes shown towards gladiators by Roman society. Through 21st Century eyes the idea of gladiators fighting to the death‚ and of an amphitheatre where such brutality could take place watched by an enthusiastic audience‚ represents the cruel face of Roman Society. Nonetheless‚ to the Romans it represented an important feature of their civilization. Opposition to the games was seldom seen. The origin of the gladiatorial games is not known for certain. One theory places the origin

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    Colonial English Society Differences During the 1600s and into the 1700s Europe rapidly colonized in America. Europe traveled to America for resources‚ religious reasons‚ and to claim territory. Both the Chesapeake and New England regions had colonies founded on them around 1630. Although each colony was founded England‚ by 1700 both of these colonies became very distinct societies. These differences in societies developed from differences in purpose‚ the geographical regions‚ and the economics

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    London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. These words are supposedly the World State motto and the prime goals of this “utopian” society. In the beginning of Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley portrayed the setting as a utopia‚ an ideally perfect place‚ but is anything but perfect. This novel depicts a complete nightmare where society is dehumanized‚ uniformed‚ and chaotic. Brave New World intrigued me‚ even before I began reading because it has been said to be complicated‚ provocative‚ and prophetic. In

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    Technology plays a crucial role keeping orders in the society of Brave New World‚ everything from producing new members of the society to conditioning to fit their positions in the social ladder and to continue keeping the stability with biological and psychological drugs. Cloning is used to produce new members of society‚ conditioning is used to fix the minds and brainwash every members to think and feels in certain ways‚ and Soma; a psychological drug is used to keep the stability in place by keeping

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