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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Chapter 6 -“Bernard pushed away the proffered glass impatiently.” (page 99) In this example the proffered glass refers to soma. Soma in the new world is taken to relieve stress and forget one’s problems. There are hypnopaedic phrases to make children want to take soma such as “A gram in time saves nine‚” or “One cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments‚” (Huxley 99). Although the sayings are pumped into children’s’ ears thousands of times Bernard seems to not have absorbed them. Children
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In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ he examines three every day aspects and the problems they cause. During the last century‚ Huxley’s aspects of standardization‚ social classes‚ and the role of children in society have presented challenges in America. Standardization has played a role around the world. When Henry Ford started to use the assembly line in the 1910s it “revolutionized production” (“Innovation”). Through the assembly line‚ standardization helped the world by saving huge amounts
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restricted by such factors but that is merely a fleeting moment as he is slowly exposed to more and more of the world. I agree that “everywhere [man] is in chains‚” but on the contrary‚ I believe man is already chained from the start—that man is never free. In the novel‚ Brave New World‚ by Aldous Huxley‚ babies are “decanted” and conditioned to play out their predestined roles in the World State. As early as the embryonic stage‚ babies-to-be already have their fates determined for them. In addition
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Communism and Brave New World Alana Stricker British Literature Mr. Groeninger 11/13/12 During most of the twentieth century‚ communism was one of the world’s dominant international political movements. People reacted to it in different ways—as a source of hope for a radiant future or as the greatest threat on the face of the earth. When Karl Marx wrote his Manifesto of the Communist Party of 1848‚ he had no idea how communism would take off in the twentieth century. Marx sincerely
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person in the world to obey. Once one person shows violence‚ they must be stopped. Police must use violence in order to prevent someone else from using violence. If one person were to behave violently‚ then they would cause the police to behave violently which would meant the society isn’t violence free. Total utopia isn’t possible because humans have free will. The only way for a utopia to be accomplished is to control the population and take away their free will. In the book “Brave New World” they had
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makes the World State sound like a utopia- the perfect world. However‚ as you continue reading‚ you realize the society they have created is more dystopian- a world where no one is an individual and through technology‚ the government is very powerful. I felt the World States motto- "Community‚ Identity‚ Stability" (Huxley‚ 1)‚ was ironic because the people in this community don’t have an identity since they are conditioned to act‚ feel‚ and think a certain way. None of the people in the World State
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INTRO In order to become an individual‚ you must embrace challenges and suffering. Those experiences help define who you are. In Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley delivers a powerful message/warning of what happens to a society that eliminates individuality. In the story‚ individuality cannot come without pain or suffering‚ a element that the World State Society has taken out of their civilization. Soma is used as a drug to keep everyone in society happy and from feeling any types of hardship or pain
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that Ford is their God because the society in Brave New World moves away from culture and identity towards total technological efficiency. Ford is the father of modern automobiles and of production technology‚ he represent all things scientific and efficient making him a suitable symbol for them to “worship”. Ford is to their scientific society what God is to a cultural one. I believe Huxley chose Ford to become the closest thing to God in Brave New World because he was made progressive in his developments
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graveyard down at the bottom. As I grabbed my briefcase someone was waiting for me at the door. It was a young man around the age of 16 and he was a mail delivery agent from the MAIL district. I took the letter and read it to myself. It said Dear Brave scientist‚ While you are reading this something very terrible is happening on your floor right now. You won’t realise it until it is too late. If your curiosity is upsetting you let me inform you‚ yes I was in the storage room. From Unknown This was
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