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    women he encountered and their use of drugs and alcohol. This self-indulgent and lascivious behavior lead Huxley to believe that people were starting to care more about hedonistic pleasures than relationships leading to a breakdown in society. Brave New World displayed Huxley’s displeasure with those self-medicating and displaying wanton behavior in order to escape the hardships of society. (Grigsby‚ 2009‚ para. 1-3). Huxley and his

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    In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ a society is presented in which every aspect of life is tightly controlled and humans are more like lifeless machines. However‚ in this attempt at a utopian society‚ glimmers of humanity are shown through several characters in the novel. Though the characters surrounding the central action are male‚ two very important women are also portrayed. These two woman are used to not only dispute the sexism demonstrated by men‚ but also in response to the women’s rights

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    John Piper‚ Don’t Waste Your Life. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley examines a futuristic society where people live lifestyle where sexual and mental gratification are available. A lifestyle of sexual promiscuity‚ soma/drugs that release dopamine‚ and high status is the purpose of life. Short-term bursts of happiness and technological advancements enable the people of Brave New World to disregard consequences and always look forward to novelty. In Brave New World‚ novelty/instant gratification and

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    was an attitude impressed upon the people of Aldous Huxley’s‚ Brave New World. A society free of disease and suffering was achieved through a technique of conditioning called hynopaedia. "Civilization is sterilization"‚ was a hynopaedic slogan used to achieve the ideal society. This idea was manifested through the anesthetizing people’s emotions‚ the sterilization of humans and the cleanliness of society. <br> <br>The Brave New World sterilized people of emotions through the elimination of families

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    text Brave New World of the pitfalls of a society based on classes‚ with those in the upper classes holding more power than those in the lower classes having virtually no power. He describes this system as Alpha‚ Beta‚ Gamma‚ Delta‚ and Epsilon. Gammas‚ Deltas‚ and Epsilons are the lower class‚ they serve the higher classes which are Alpha and Beta. Between Alpha and Beta‚ Alpha is the highest. In Aldous Huxley’s book Brave New World he uses many points of Marxist theory. In the novel Brave New

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    A Brave New World vs. 1984 There are many similarities and differences between Aldous Huxley’s A Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984. With my analysis of both novels‚ I have come to the conclusion that they are not as alike as you would believe. A Brave New World is a novel about the struggle of John‚ ‘the savage‚’ who rejects the society of the Brave New World when and discovers that he could never be truly happy there. 1984 is a novel about Winston‚ who finds forbidden love

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    Brave New World Analysis on Characters “The world’s stable now. People are happy; they get what they want‚ and they never want what they can’t get...they are so conditioned that they practically can’t help behaving as they ought to behave” (Huxley 198). Many people speak and dream about a perfect world‚ for the problems which we face in the present world to simply just go away. Brave New World is a novel which shows an example of what life would be like in a utopian society. It shows the differences

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    Brave new world is our future and is supposed to be representing our world. At first it was difficult to get the connection but with more understanding I’m beginning to understand what the meanings are being everything. Some of the topics Huxley describes seems very odd because it makes no sense to us‚ but then there are other examples he uses. The way Huxley tries to show us certain things he sees about our world is different and mind boggling. One part of the book that confuses me is when Fanny

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    There is a very significant difference between a utopia and a dystopia‚ however Brave New World by Aldous Huxley could be seen as either. There are many aspects of this society which are perfect and completely cancel out many problems with our real world‚ nevertheless along with these are effects which could be seen as the opposite. This essay will discuss these aspects and effects and whether the Brave New World society is a utopia or a dystopia. A utopian society is one which is perfect (Mastin

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    MacKenzie Morrissett AP Literature 3B Mrs. Scruggs 2 September 2016 Brave New World In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ society is divided into distinct classes. Those who do not fit into a class are separated from society completely. Bernard Marx‚ an Alpha male from London‚ leaves his home to venture onto the Reservation. The Reservation is a Native American community that is surrounded by gates that kill anyone who tries to escape. Much to his and his companion’s‚ Lenina‚ surprise‚

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