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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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    Aldous Huxley’s "Brave New World" It is a communistic ideal that states that a society where everything is controlled by the government or some other political corporation is a safe society. What if this isn’t true? What if the person who made the decision of a "safe" controlled society is in reality turning the society into their ideal version of a perfect society where they may be the only one gaining? A character referred to as The Director from a book called "Brave New World‚" written by Aldous

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    A young child rests in the safety of her bedroom‚ oblivious to the world around her. Suddenly‚ she wakes with a jolt and runs to find her parents. She’s had a nightmare. Instantly‚ the parents calm her down‚ and she is ready to dream once more. But what would she have done if she had no parents to go to? Would she have been able to calm herself down‚ or would she have stayed up all night‚ unreasonably afraid of the monster in her dream? More importantly‚ what would she have done if these nightmares

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    entrance of the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. These words are supposedly the World State motto and the prime goals of this “utopian” society. In the beginning of Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley portrayed the setting as a utopia‚ an ideally perfect place‚ but is anything but perfect. This novel depicts a complete nightmare where society is dehumanized‚ uniformed‚ and chaotic. Brave New World intrigued me‚ even before I began reading because it has been said to be complicated‚ provocative

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    Aldous Huxley demonstrates the theme of isolation through foreign and contrasting culture in Brave New World. John‚ “the Savage”‚ is abruptly thrown into a new society that has a government dictated by science and that is far different from his own home. Throughout his turbulent journey in the World State‚ John must maneuver his way through a culture that revolves around science and the perfection of human conditioning‚ and in process he loses everything he holds dear to him that has any semblance

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    Brave New World There is a place where the government controls everyone’s life‚ where the government uses drugs to manipulate the people’s thoughts. In this place there is no such thing as a family‚ there is no such thing as love. They teach young children that their body is not theirs‚ and that it belongs to everyone and anyone who wants to use it. This place is Huxley’s predicted of the future. Huxley wrote his prediction in the book Brave New World‚ written in 1932 and is eerily similar to present

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    Shweta Jain Period 2 AP English 22 November 2008 “Brave New World” offers a view of the world as it might become if science is no longer ruled by man but man is ruled by science and thus puts at stake his freedom. Nowadays‚ probably everybody is familiar with the debates concerning the amazing breakthroughs in science‚ and especially in cloning. Brave New World shows the warnings of the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies. One illustration of this theme is

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    I think Huxley shows that fathers need to be respectful and inspiring to their kids. On page 125‚ when John stabbed his step father‚ he didn’t flinch from the pain. I think this shows a father as being strong and inspirational because earlier in chapter six‚ John was wanting to prove his strength. I think that his father has inspired him to become strong and respectable in the tribe even though he is considered an outsider. Another trait his step father‚ Popé‚ showed was control. Also on page

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    “Happiness At a Price” In the novel Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley creates a dystopian setting that causes the future to appear frightening. The society becomes continuously more undesirable as the idea of scientific domination over people begins to configure. With a lack of individuality‚ memories‚ love‚ family‚ emotions and truth‚ the Brave New World’s ability to supply happiness is offered with a high price to pay. Children enter The Brave New World in large quantities after being created through

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    In the book “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley we are shown a utopian society with a life a bit different from our own. I this society children are born from test tubes and grown up learning not to indulge in feelings and or emotions. Because of this a question arises is social stability worth the price of living a life with little to no emotions. As “ BNW” goes on we meet a character who is very different‚ an outsider in case who decides to go out and live a bit out of the world state. This causes

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