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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In a world that was created to control people and establish a perfect “utopian society” where an open relationship with sex is necessary to maintain the social order‚ the treatment of women within the scope of sexuality calls into question the equality of the sexes in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Throughout the course of the text‚ women are often subjected to the rules and expectation of the men‚ who also control the society. If they attempt to break free of the norm of society‚ they are subject
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Bernard Marx‚ being a male Alpha‚ is the type of person who just doesn’t really fit in. While just about all people are very open about their thoughts and personal feelings‚ Bernard is very secretive about many of his thoughts and actions. For instance‚ when Lenina tries to talk to him about "having her‚" his face goes pale and he insists that they discuss it in private (pg 58). He seems to be very concerned about what people would think if he started talking about that kind of stuff in front
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The first three chapters of Huxley’s Brave New World already show the alarming‚ but all the same mind-blowing differences between our society and the futuristic society that the novel presents. The reader gains knowledge of the orthodox but profoundly strange ways of the fictitious world through a tour given by the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning to new students at the building. In these pages‚ I especially noticed the peculiar way babies are made‚ born‚ nurtured‚ and raised. There are no
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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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Brave New World Task 1 Opinion piece Newspaper: The Fordian Science Monitor Headline: Savage Suicide Precipitate Social Hedonism Past: HOW did the savage end his alternative life? Convict by whipping himself infernally at the lighthouse. As it is make into a movie called The Savage of Surrey‚ the influence of the suicide has been expand infinitely by the movie‚ and give an unprecedented impact to the whole peaceful society‚ our brave new world. As you all know‚ our perfect society is a purified
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addition to making people believe the lies of the Party’s history of the world‚ the Ministry of Love catch people who are opposing or exposing the truth about the history of the world and torture them to become more obedient. This also works on people who have done bad things like steal and sexual harassment. But their real purpose is to make them believe in what the government believes. But what really matters
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Prescription drugs are one of the most commonly used methods of curing illness‚ and fighting diseases‚ however they have many negative side effects such as addiction and abuse as seen in today’s society and in Brave New World. One in every four people in America abuse prescription drugs. There are many diseases people could die from if not for prescription drugs. Prescription drugs also tranquilize many illnesses or harmful body conditions allowing for a sort of numbness or ease to the human body
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Throughout the world moral and spiritual corruption is found everywhere. Many fall victim to it but some use it as a learning experience. Both Aldous Huxley and William Shakespeare display the affect corruption has on societies through Brave New World and Hamlet. The want to be welcomed by others around drives characters towards decisions they would not make otherwise. Both authors‚ to show a lack of care and affection to those who need it incorporate pain and suffering. Spiritual corruption
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Bernard Marx is the Brave New World’s favorite outcast. He doesn’t "fit in" because of his "smallness”. He’s isolated by his status as an outcast‚ and his alienation leads him to be a critic of the Brave New World rather than a proponent of it. He wishes he could fit in and be "happy." Bernard’s critique of society stems from his frustrated desire to "fit in" and not from any logical or rational problem he has with it. We learn that he has a "reputation" for being "anti-social" and that he’s an outcast
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