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    As I read the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. I found it to be intriguing and strange. I was so glad it was a science fiction piece and not a reality. In the stories futuristic society of 2081 the leaders took drastic measures to “lift up” the non-gifted and ensure equality among the people. If someone was better looking “their faces were masked” (Kurt Vonnegut) and if someone had more strength than others they made to wear “bags of birdshot” (Kurt Vonnegut) also known as handicap

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    about the world in his book "A Brave New World" is sort of what he sees happening in the world that we live in. Through the ways that we raise our children‚ to how we look at things physiologically. To the way things are brought up to this world. He makes it seem in his that we live in a world were an actual God exists. In the end‚ in Mr. Huxley’s perspective‚ he sees our world turning for the worst. First with the way on how we biologically manufacture things. In the book "A Brave New World"‚ we see

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    Brave New World vs. Reality In many cases when you read a novel you may find comparisons between the "fictional" society and your realistic one. The author may consciously or unconsciously create similarities between these two worlds. The novelist can foresee the future and write according to this vision. In Brave New World‚ Adlous Huxley envisions the future of our society and the dangerous direction it is headed in. Brave New World is greatly dependent upon soma‚ as in our world where prescribed

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    Brave New World - Aldous Huxley The illusion of a utopia is very imminent in this novel‚ some of the factors that disqualify it from being a utopia and‚ in fact‚ make it a dystopia are the illusion of happiness‚ removal of human desire‚ and prohibition of assembly and free thought. The Illusion of Happiness is shown in this book in many different ways and are usually connected to the controllers of the state. Soma is labeled as the perfect drug by the Brave New World and also the World State

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    Ayn Rand and Kurt Vonnegut the Author of “Harrison Bergeron” both created their own societies that strive for perfect equality through the community. During both stories a citizen doesn’t abide by the rules of the society and are punished for it. In Both works the authors use similar concepts to prove their point throughout their stories. One similar concept is that human nature causes people to resist control from others. In “Harrison BergeronHarrison‚ “tore the straps of his handicap harness

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    Brave new essay Brave New World introduces a world that seems perfect but really not. Brave new world‚ allows government control which results to a dehumanize society. A society under a microscope where everything is exam closely and everything is under control.The people are being born and developed in test tubes without a trace of identity. While their society is broken down into five groups consisting of alphas betas‚gammas‚deltas‚epsilon. Brave new world uses the incompatibility of happiness

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    a great many books devoted to changing the way that people think about the world. Between the Bible to the textbooks found in every university library‚ books have been written to teach us about the way the world works‚ and how we should see it. There have also been many books written to intellectually remove people from the real world‚ and temporarily place them in more endearing or more interesting worlds. Brave New World‚ while a science fiction at it’s core‚ is not a book to keep you entertained

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    When you look these two books you can tell there are major differences between these two books. In 1984 by George Orwell we are presented with a world that is run by hate and controlled and oppressed by a figure of power named Big Brother. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley we are introduced to a world run by pleasure and happiness‚ where there is oppression‚ but the people are too blind to see it. In both books there is a major connection‚ both make the point that a society can be run on any emotion

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    Techne and Episteme‚" a article on technology and humanities‚ the author Eddy warns us that a society without epistemological thinking would lead to a society of "skilled barbarians." This is the topic of the novel Brave New World in which Aldous Huxley portrays a future world where babies are

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    publishing of Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley. We as people in 2015 cannot live without it. Whether it be a smartphone‚ a tablet‚ or a desktop people’s lives rely on technology and the connections they make through it. In the novel‚ there were no iPhones or iPads that were the most used products. The Director in the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre had different machines. The conveyor belt to mass produce babies. The main goal was to populate the world with a specific

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