Jacob Martinez Mrs. Malott English 12 19 August 2013 The Brave New World Writing Prompt: Morally ambiguous characters -- characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good -- are at the heart of many works of literature. Brave New World is a book in which several morally ambiguous characters play a pivotal role. Eventually‚ you will write an essay (for now‚ a detailed outline) in which you explain how one character from this novel can be viewed
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estimated that 64‚000 people die of drug overdoses per year. Huxley’s society “The World State” is a dystopian society‚ yes the men and women that don’t partake in controlling the society seem to be happy in what they consider a utopia‚ but the people who do control “The World State” like the world controller Mustapha Mond and people like John The Savage‚ are victims of the true nature of reality. In the novel “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley‚ some of the fantasies that are now a reality in our society
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In the book “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley we are shown a utopian society with a life a bit different from our own. I this society children are born from test tubes and grown up learning not to indulge in feelings and or emotions. Because of this a question arises is social stability worth the price of living a life with little to no emotions. As “ BNW” goes on we meet a character who is very different‚ an outsider in case who decides to go out and live a bit out of the world state. This causes
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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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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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emotions in order to learn how to handle everything life throws at us. According to Bernard in Brave New World‚ ‘[he would] rather be unhappy than have the sort of false‚ lying happiness that he was having here”‚ (179) this quote means that he would rather be unhappy than live in a happy lie. This book describes a utopian world yet there’s a quote in the book that is in direct conflict with the “utopian” world they are living in. What could happiness and unhappiness mean to people? According to dictionaries
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society to share their concerns about humanity. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley presents a dystopian‚ emotionless and controlled world where all individuality is masked by their false understanding of “happiness”. Soma‚ is their armament against the effects of conflict and the only way to indulge in their inescapable life. True happiness is only possible through the perception and feeling of emotions‚ soma simply provides a distraction from the truth of a world gone wrong. In fact‚ it appears the plot
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“must-have” deals of the century? Thanksgiving day is about one month from today. A few hours after the family turkey eating night‚ people would go to department stores and line up to purchase new clothes‚ jewelry‚ and electronics which are heavily discounted. About one month after that day‚ Christmas and New Year’s Day come. People would‚ then again‚ go to departments stores and line up to purchase heavily discounted Christmas sales. Being with the family is no longer the only factor to look forward
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Freedom and individualism are a significant component of contemporary society‚ however there are many parts of the world where these basic human rights are not granted. The lack of these basic rights are clearly demonstrated in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The leaders of many societies are willing to sacrifice innocent lives in order for society to function according to their visions. Many leaders are willing to sacrifice the freedom of
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The World State is a seemingly perfect place. There people are “decanted” and then conditioned to fit perfectly into a preselected social caste. Because of the conditioning they are put through‚ everyone is happy in the caste they are put in. The feelings of despair and suffering are absent from this world‚ at the price of religion‚ art‚ and open scientific discoveries. While from the surface the World State seems like an utopia in the novel Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley expresses his clear distaste
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