Community‚ identity‚ and stability; these concepts are key things to living a stress-free‚ enjoyable life. But in the book‚ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ life in the World State is anything but stress-free and enjoyable. That is‚ if you’re not conditioned by the government. In this universe‚ the government uses the motto “Community‚ Identity‚ Stability”‚ to keep their people under their rheostat‚ these are their ‘goals’. Their ‘community’ is that of drugs‚ sex‚ and violence. Using these concepts
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In the early part of Brave New World Bernard Marx plays a central role in the novel’s plot. Bernard‚ an Alpha-Plus psychologist‚ is a member of the upper caste of seemingly flawless individuals‚ but due to his physical characteristics such as his short stature‚ he resembles a Delta or Epsilon. This flaw marks him for ridicule as his Alpha-Plus status is undercut by the rumour that alcohol was accidentally given to his blood surrogate‚ chemically linking him to the lower castes. Bernard is painfully
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is a concern to many‚ including Aldous Huxley. Brave New World examines the role of women in society‚ social and economic classes‚ and conditioning; issues that face modern society as well. In the early Twentieth century most women were housewives and did not work. A new image of women‚ for example‚ flappers‚ who smoked‚ danced‚ and wore “clothing more convenient for activity‚” was emerging (BBC). Many people thought flappers represented women’s new freedom because they were overthrowing old rules
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the mind. This psychologist‚ Sigmund Freud‚ is seen as the father of modern psychology‚ and his theories continue to influence culture and psychology today. One of the most popular applications of Freud’s theories is in Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World. In this novel‚ a dystopian society’s foundation upon Freud’s theories‚ and the flaws of doing so are revealed through various characters. Freud’s theories‚ while groundbreaking‚ are continually under debate. His theories depended on lust and
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Behavior conditioning in our world and society today has been blindly shaping our world. Starting from the days in kindergarten throughout our lives whether it be in America or Japan‚ conditioning is world wide phenomenon. Proponents of Behavioral Conditioning in our modern society is the idea to create the “perfect citizen”‚ claiming that it should be used for the good and protection of people‚ like the book Brave New World they live in a world of complete control not having the benefit of a system
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should not be used to cope with your emotions‚ and they come with consequences. The people in the BNW society use soma to cope with their problems. In the book it states‚ “…felt in her pocket for her soma… Lenina was left to face the horrors of Malpais.” (Huxley 111) The people in the Brave New World society take soma whenever they get a bad feeling like its nothing instead of learning to put up with them. When they do this they are not experiencing all aspects in life such as the hardship life brings
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In the book Brave New World there is this constant presence of this perfect drug known as soma. Soma is the drug in which the society uses it for depression‚ stress‚ etc. Huxley uses this drug in the novel as a form of happiness to the state and as a form of controlling. The scary thing about Huxley’s prediction about this perfect drug soma is scary due to the fact of its relevancy in today’s society with marijuana. The two drugs are very similar in the way they are used recreationally‚ how they
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English 100 Molina‚ Jordan September 25‚ 2013 What is the real me? News feed‚ status updates‚ Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Instagram‚ when one hears theses word one usually thinks about social media. What is social media though? Social media is forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information‚ ideas‚ personal messages‚ and other content (as videos). Through the use of social media one can create
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Transplanted into a strange‚ new world beyond different from his own‚ John the “Savage” is quite the fish out of water. Throughout his journey in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ John is now having to deal with people and customs that are all governed by science and conditioned to be the perfect specimen. In this new world‚ everyone is healthy‚ everyone is conditioned the same exact way‚ and certain customs such as parenting‚ marriage‚ religion‚ and mourning the dead are thought to be a waste of
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Compare and contrast the New England‚ the Chesapeake/Southern and Middle colonies. The New England region consists of Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ and Rhode Island. The Southern region consists of Virginia‚ North and South Carolina‚ Georgia‚ and Maryland. The Middle colonies consist of New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsyvlania‚ and Delaware. In the New England Family‚ the Puritans came in large family units‚ about 8-20 in each family. They had a long life span‚ the women aged up to 68
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