In her investigative essay entitled “Alienation in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚” Josephine McQuail explores the recurring theme of alienation in Huxley’s dystopian classic‚ touching upon “psychological‚ sociological‚ sexual‚ biological‚ and even aesthetic” (McQuail 32) alienation for several major characters. She expresses her belief that Huxley’s main message in the novel‚ “only the alienated individual… can achieve true happiness” (McQuail 31)‚ is flawed. While this claim has its merits‚ the
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The theme in the Brave New World revolves around attaining total happiness‚ rather artificial happiness and a sense of fulfillment by the state for its people. This is achieved through three different techniques‚ the first one being biological and psychological conditioning‚ the second one is through promiscuous sex and the ultimate one by the use of a drug called soma‚ which can affect people around the world without any side effects. In today’s society with rising tension‚ ever increasing cases
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When you don’t fit in anywhere‚ and there is nowhere to go‚ what do you do? In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ John is rejected in his society. He was born from civilized parents‚ but he grew up in a savage reservation. This causes John and his mother to not fit in no matter where they go. John’s curiosity‚ ideals‚ and conditioning push him throughout the course of the novel to change for the worse because he becomes paranoid and not wanting of any human contact. John’s curiosity is a major reason
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In Huxley’s‚ Brave New World‚ Bernard Marx‚ one of the story’s main protagonist’s‚ fails to play the role of a dystopian hero. An Alpha male‚ who is supposedly meant to be a big‚ strong‚ leader figure‚ is unsuccessful in fitting into society because of his substandard physical appearance. Due to his dissatisfaction and lack of confidence with himself‚ Bernard’s main goal is to fit into the dystopia and raise his social status. However‚ because Bernard is so focused on himself‚ he is unable to criticize
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Brave New World – A Better World “From each according to his ability‚ to each according to his need.” This quote‚ by Karl Marx‚ addresses the principle that everyone should contribute as much as they can to society‚ and in turn take whatever it is they need from the society. The ideology from this quote is greatly applied in Aldous Huxley’s novel‚ Brave New World. It can be said that the entire foundation of Huxley’s novel is based on this single quote. In the novel‚ the population of the world
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INTRO In order to become an individual‚ you must embrace challenges and suffering. Those experiences help define who you are. In Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley delivers a powerful message/warning of what happens to a society that eliminates individuality. In the story‚ individuality cannot come without pain or suffering‚ a element that the World State Society has taken out of their civilization. Soma is used as a drug to keep everyone in society happy and from feeling any types of hardship or pain
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Brave New World FRQ #2 In the novel Brave New World‚ author Aldous Huxley utilizes techniques of presenting multiple‚ differing ideas in short quips in order to foreshadow coming events during the third chapter. This is done first by pairing Lenina’s and Henry’s relationship with Mond’s ideas of both parents and homes. Then combining the thoughts of the assistant predestinator with several characters to create a disruptive thought process which matches that of the past which Mond simultaneously
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Aldous Huxley’s book Brave New World strongly‚ the vast majority of the population is unified under the World State‚ an eternally peaceful‚ stable global society in which goods and resources are plentiful and everyone is happy. Happiness is deprived from mass produced goods such as obstacle golf‚ Centrifugal Bumble-puppy‚ recreational sex and the most common one‚ the use of the drug soma; a hallucinogen that takes users on enjoyable‚ hangover-free "holidays". We meet the protagonist Bernard‚ who
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Chapter 6 -“Bernard pushed away the proffered glass impatiently.” (page 99) In this example the proffered glass refers to soma. Soma in the new world is taken to relieve stress and forget one’s problems. There are hypnopaedic phrases to make children want to take soma such as “A gram in time saves nine‚” or “One cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments‚” (Huxley 99). Although the sayings are pumped into children’s’ ears thousands of times Bernard seems to not have absorbed them. Children
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Why Ultimate Happiness is Not Achieved through the Brave New World Ideology If the only way to obtain happiness is to leave reality‚ then the happiness is not genuine. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ the citizens of Huxley’s society frequently consume a hallucinogen‚ Soma‚ in order to escape reality and experience happiness. Whenever a problem arises‚ the government requires its people to take Soma. But even when not on Soma‚ citizens are conditioned to enjoy everything they do have and dislike
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