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    In the novel‚ A Brave New World‚ the author Aldous Huxley creates a world where the people are ignorant of the truth‚ and are‚ therefore‚ in a state of bliss that they mistake as happiness. The people in the World State are in a world where they don’t know what true happiness is. The way they have lived their lives has blocked out real happiness. Through conditioning and drugging the government has kept the people of the World State ignorant to the truth. The people in the World State believe they

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    suppressed. In Aldous Huxley’s novel‚ Brave New World‚ the author uses John’s life into the tribe and sudden submergence in the new world to display that natural human instincts will always outweigh the illusion of happiness and stability. From birth‚ John is immediately labeled as an outcast which pushes him to rely on his instincts in order to survive. While

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    The Novel‚ “Brave New World‚” by Aldous Huxley demonstrated that in this new World State‚ Identity is lost. “Everyone belongs to everyone” is one saying that is repeated throughout the book by civilians who were taught this lesson when they were children through hypnopaedia. In this world‚ humans are created in a factory and given certain ingredients‚ so to say‚ to fashion them to fit into their group of the caste system used. There are five groups and each are represented by color and each group

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    Brave New World or 1984? As far as it concerns the world we live in right now‚ Aldous Huxley’s dystopian vision is clearly dominating. There really is overall information overload due to the always developing technologies and their need to be adopted by us. And that is a result nobody can really bring to a stop. One possible action is still there as the previous generations didn’t have any information to base their understanding about technology and its influence. In a way‚ it might become possible

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    our future. The decisions the characters made in this film‚ cost them their lives. This film also produces the idea that world needs order and balance. The main character is trying to restore the world back to the way it is supposed to be. The characters who were murdered‚ made their own choices that led to their unwilling death. The film shows you to respect what you accomplish on your own and do not make awful choices it will lead to your downfall.The main character is symbol of basically what could

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    A Readers Perception of Sydney Carton Honors English 2 November 2012 In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens he presents Sydney Carton as an irrelevant character throughout the story. Sydney Carton is first illustrated to be a careless drunk. He is an attorney who can’t find the slightest bit of interest in anything he does. In the first few chapters‚ Carton comments about Lucie in a bitter way which leads to his initial feelings. The revealing of his feelings to Lucie sets the fundamental

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    Holly Professor Mark Mass Media and Society 15 February 2013 A Brave Censored New World It is obvious why someone who believes in censorship might choose to object to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. This ‘new world’ is built on sexual promiscuity‚ abolition of family‚ racism‚ and drug abuse in the most literal sense. A world which takes the positive aspects of Western society such as technological advances and individualism and turns it into a rigid caste system‚ in which the members of

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    Elie Wiesel said‚ “But this time‚ the world was not silent. This time we do respond. This time‚ we intervene. Does this mean we have learned from the past? Does this mean that society has changed? Have we really learned from our experiences?” This quote asks the readers (and those present at

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    the concept of science being a way of life rather than an interest and where individuality‚ love and affection is frowned upon. The society mentioned in this book is “World State” and the people live by the motto “Community. Identity. Stability.” which suggests that the population depend on factories and science labs to create new life and use for employment. The infrastructure in the area is modern and similar to what we have today which is suggested by the line “A squat grey building of only thirty-four

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    Soma in Brave New World

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    Taylor Culmone Mrs. Gomes English 4AP 4A/C November 29‚ 2010 Huxley introduced the use of recreational drugs into everyday life for their sole purpose of creating artificial happiness. The utilization of soma formed another world for the consumers to live in‚ a world full of happiness and euphoria: “By this time the soma had begun to work. Eyes shone‚ cheeks were flushed‚ the inner light of universal benevolence broke out on every face in happy‚ friendly smiles” (Huxley 81). Is this where 21st

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