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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novel “Brave New World”‚ main characters John the Savage and Bernard Marx struggle to fit in a world which has achieved happiness and refuse any form of change. The World State also declines the need to have any other truth than its own. With the use of technology‚ they use a hallucinogenic drug‚ called “soma”‚ it encourages social stability and by conditions citizens avoid the truth. The actions taken by the World State to make society happy‚ produce a more steady and comfortable world but fail
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way to ensure that their citizens follow everything they want them to. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ the World State’s government controls its citizens in many ways to ensure that no one rebels against their beliefs. These methods are similar in nature to the methods that the government in the real world uses to keep its citizens in line with what is socially acceptable. The World State and the real world control their citizens through maintaining a society that rewards the conformed‚ leads by
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Community‚ Identity‚ Stability is the manifesto of the World State. In order for the society to achieve a state of stability‚ a loss of individuality is inevitable. The timeline for “A Brave New World” is set in the future wherein‚ ten controllers of the world states determine the plight of the society. Identity is a pre-determined result of genetic engineering and a rigid control over reproduction. Removal of ovaries as a surgical process is referred to as the “Bokanovsky Process” wherein‚ children
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Approach: Given their backgrounds‚ how plausible is the characters’ behavior? The segregated conditioning of the youth from the embryotic stage develops the lack of identity in members of the World State through the members manipulated thought process and physical makeup. At the fertilization room the World State “predestine and condition” babies‚ and also “decant our [the] babies as socialized human beings‚ as Alphas or Epsilons” (Huxley 13). The selective training‚ conditioning‚ and categorization
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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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Brave New World depicts a world in which Resident Controller Mustapha Mond governs a society where every aspect of an individual’s life‚ from decantation onward‚ is determined by the State. Predestination by God has been replaced by predestination by the government. Through the Bokanovsky Process‚ future-citizens are made with a virtually inexistent level of individuality. Once decanted and technologically altered to comply with their pre-determined caste‚ children are brought up and conditioned
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Society influences people’s lives; more than we realize. Huxley’s novel The Brave New World‚ has a society that dictates the live of characters. Lanina‚ a woman who is under the influence of a controlled and perfect society‚ is exposed to morals‚ self individuality‚ and imperfection. She represents the perfection of the society; however she begins to push the boundaries of this controlled life when her thoughts expand beyond normal expectations. Exposed to imperfection‚ her attempt to be more than
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Book Report Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 1. Brief Outline: Protagonist: John the Savage‚ is the protagonist of the novel and the symbol of the old world order‚ where emotion and individualism were important. When he is taken from the Savage Reservation to London‚ he refutes the accepted merits of the "brave‚ new world" and points out its pitfalls. Antagonist: Mustapha Mond is the antagonist of the novel and the symbol of the brave new world. As one of the Controllers of the new society‚ he
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passing Grey Poupon through the window of his Chevy Impala‚ Kendrick mocks the famous 1981 mustard commercial in which one wealthy white man passes another wealthy white man the jar through his car window. Often the subject of satire‚ such as in Wayne’s World (1992)‚ as he passes it to a fellow black rapper‚ Kendrick uses the reference to demonstrate how black people are equal to white people even if society is still in denial. Yet another example of Kendrick’s derisions with pop culture and the way they
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