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    Attack on Utopian Society in Brave New World Huxley’s Brave New World is an attack on Utopian Society. Having a perfect society seems ideal since it takes away the pains and struggles of the real world. Things such as finding a loved one‚ heartbreak‚ deciding on a career path‚ being successful‚ and raising a family. This novel focuses on what the world would be like if it were a utopian society‚ and the reader can see that it is not as perfect as it seems. It shows how technology and engineering

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    In Brave New World‚ there is an ongoing conflict between John and society‚ specifically with the people who believe in the status quo. John begins to disgust the “civilized” society as Bernard shows him around London and he sees it as an unnatural place and a world of false happiness. He also despises how addicted his mother becomes to soma‚ taking so much soma that it deteriorates her health and‚ eventually‚ she dies in a state of delusion. At the point of his mother’s death John begins to further

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    society to share their concerns about humanity. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley presents a dystopian‚ emotionless and controlled world where all individuality is masked by their false understanding of “happiness”. Soma‚ is their armament against the effects of conflict and the only way to indulge in their inescapable life. True happiness is only possible through the perception and feeling of emotions‚ soma simply provides a distraction from the truth of a world gone wrong. In fact‚ it appears the plot

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    such as wealth‚ prestige‚ or the latest technology. Of our many pursuits‚ the most essential are happiness and freedom. However‚ a question arises: can we possess both happiness and freedom? Most people may not have a clear answer for that. Brave New World‚ through the actions of its characters‚ reveals that there exists a conflict between the possession of the two ideas. Lenina‚ having been conditioned to be happy‚ has unconsciously given up the ability to have freedoms. From birth‚ she was

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    Religion in the All World State In the following essay the role of religion in the Novel Brave New World is going to be analyzed. Religion is an underlying and important topic in the All World State which is according to the conditioning of the inhabitants. The religion in Brave new World is totally different to the religion we know and practice today. For example as we Christians have God and Jesus as symbols for our faith‚ the people in the All World State (AWS) belief in Henry Ford‚ who partly

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    In an utopian society‚ Brave New World functions seamlessly with little acknowledgement with the correlation that happiness and freedom have to offer. By which it societal standards prohibit happiness and freedom to cohesively exist among the citizens in this world. Where; conformity in society‚ sacrifices that involved the loss of freedom and ability to make your own decisions‚ reflect upon the daily lives of each individual ranging from the systemic pyramid that has the alphas at the top and epsilons

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    Be Original People believe if everybody was equal‚ the world would be a happier place. In reality that is far from true because it can create many problems that are not visible at first. It has been thought that if there was no rich or poor and everybody was the same‚ war would not exist and people would be better-off. There have also been many arguments as to why people need to be different and the need for social classes is essential. Conformity and individuality are very important in society

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    unpleasant‚ because one cannot truly enjoy the highest mountains without experiencing the deepest valleys. Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World depicts a society ruled by a totalitarian government‚ striving to achieve “Community. Identity. Stability” (1). It is a world where every aspect of human life is artificial‚ from one’s birth to death. Technological advancements in the World State has allowed for life to be mass produced and biologically engineered in laboratories‚ eliminating concepts of emotional

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    „« Family In the totalitarian society of Brave New World‚ the development of human beings is completely controlled by the World State. Each person is raised in a hatchery‚ where the government controls every stage of their development until maturity‚ a process that takes Two-hundred and sixty-seven days. The embryos¡¦ DNA is controlled chemically to stimulate or to retard their physical and mental growth to create a biological class structure. The human¡¦s placement into a certain class‚ such

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    In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World there is a widely apparent stark contrast between the Utopian Society in London and apparent dystopia of Malpais(the Savage Reservation)‚ that provides a meaningful impact both on how the story unfolds‚ and on the overall meaning of the book. The divergences between the two places become extremely relevant to not only the plotline of the novel‚ but also to the themes revealed throughout the book. Without a detailed effort to showcase the distinctive qualities

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