Some believe it ’s possible to have a Utopia while others believe there is no way that it can. Plato‚ More‚ Hobbes‚ and Locke are some that have a high idea of Utopias. A Brave New World‚ indirectly supported and refuted some of the ideas of these philosophers in different ways. A philosopher that can support Brave New World is Plato. Plato was against families‚ and he thought no child should know their parents. This was a very obvious in the book. In the story‚ natural reproduction was not used
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between the other stories. After I have read “Brave New World”‚ I was happy to have made this choice because It was nice to read it. The book has a great story that is well written by Leonard Huxley. “Brave New World” is a book about a future world. I think that it is very difficult to write about something in the future because your imagination has to be huge. Huxley has written this book in 1932‚ but the information is still recently. About his created world are there nowadays questions about the ethical
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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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In Brave New World it shows many different advances and beliefs than what we’re used to. I will be stating a few of these examples such as the differences in technology and how different they live‚ and what they believe in. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a well-developed‚ example of a society lacking morality‚ compassion‚ and individualism. In the beginning of the novel it starts by taking the reader through a series of events that led up to how they produce identical cloned human beings. They
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What is totalitarianism? Totalitarianism is a form of government in which the government completely reminisced one’s individuality and freedom. In Aldous Huxley’s novel‚ “Brave New World‚” totalitarianism is perfectly demonstrated in which humans are scientifically made and have no control over their desired purpose on earth. Totalitarianism is also seen in George Orwell’s novel‚ “1984‚” where the government has eyes on everything. This means there is no privacy what so ever. The uncontrolled power
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The tragic‚ yet fascinating book‚ Brave New World describes what the world would look like if technology had taken hold of our human nature and had man kind bound to it in every aspect. The book is an exaggerated version of what could potentially happen‚ but the message is clear. We must be vigilant when using technology. Using it for good is the goal‚ but one must use it in moderation or one could become separated from others‚ nature or even God. The larges example of the separation that covers
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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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Huxley’s progressive ’Brave New World Revisited’
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In the novel‚ 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley are both about dystopian societies where the government is corrupted. Both novels are similar due to both conveying the government as corrupted in a satirical way. Also‚ both books purposes are to portray the possibility‚ to what might happen to a society where a government has too much power‚ and how far the government will go to maintain total control and totalitarianism. Both novels also convey gender roles where women are
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protagonist Scout endures hardships and through the experiences‚ discovers what she stands for and who she is. Similarly‚ Mahatma Gandhi discovers his role in society and his morals through the adversities in South America. Lastly‚ in the book Brave New World‚ the hardships of the protagonist Bernard Marx causes him to identify himself based on who he actually is as opposed to what was assigned to him. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout Finch‚ a young girl‚ faces adversity throughout the story
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