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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 In the story A Brave New World‚ John is the one character who would be completely sane in our modern world. He lived in the “Savage Reservation” which is basically a modified version of our world. He also read from Shakespeare‚ which gave him manners and knowledge from our time. He gives us the point of view of someone not unlike ourselves. If the story was from the point of view of a working selfpleasing human robot like everyone in the dystopia‚ nothing much would have happened. John believes
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Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World examines numerous issues thriving in his world in an effort to discourage readers from mirroring aspects of the dystopian society similar to the one presented in the novel. Despite Huxley’s cautions based on his relatively accurate predictions of the future‚ key issues from the past still reside today. Since the early twentieth century‚ social classes have separated people based on their role in society‚ women have taken and continue to take strides towards equality
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Compared to many other dystopian novels‚ social critic Neil Postman believes that Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a more relevant book that parallels to today’s society. Brave New World highlights the aspects of technological advancement‚ the expulsion of self-knowledge and learning‚ and the potentials of exorbitant consumerism. Postman asserts what Huxley feared the world would become‚ and how his vision implies to the abounding possibilities of the future. Technology plays a major role in
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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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The Role of SOMA in A BRAVE NEW WORLD’ Joao Eduardo Throughout history drugs have been used to provoke special feelings on people. Some use them as a means of getting closer to a certain God‚ others for fun‚ and others to satisfy an addiction‚ among‚ of course‚ many other reasons. And in Aldous Huxley’s A BRAVE NEW WORLD‚ the ever existent role of such substances in society isn’t’ forgotten‚ as the author provides his characters with what he calls SOMA’. The name isn’t as crazy as it may
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Chapter 3‚ pages 34-35 Brave New World Diction “Main Day-shift off duty…..’I shall make a point of going‚’ said Henry Foster.” In chapter 3 of Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World‚ many things are revealed about hot the society in this novel functions. It shows more about the work that the people do and how the society functions. Huxley uses repetition and descriptive diction to provide a deeper look into the society that is shown in this passage. In one paragraph‚ one specific word
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Aldous Huxley wrote of a futuristic society in his book entitled “Brave New World” where individualism and morals had been eradicated. The members of this city were no longer conceived‚ but mixed in labs to ensure that the best traits and combinations of genes were prevalent. A single fertilized egg produced thousands of identicals to establish a steady exponential population growth. To the government‚ people were no longer people‚ but numbers. The society as a whole lived‚ thought‚ and valued
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Names and Totalitarianism in Brave New World In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World Revisited‚ he writes “There seems to be no good reason why a thoroughly scientific dictatorship should ever be overthrown” (page 122). This quotation is representative of the theme in his previous book‚ Brave New World‚ regarding totalitarianism and its effects on the scientific community. Huxley manages to show this theme accurately through the usage of his character’s names. The best example of the names’ usages
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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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