Within contemporary American society‚ there is a large focus on self pleasure‚ and being able to stay happy throughout the hardships and struggles of life. Our lives shift in different directions as we change as people‚ but our end goal is always happiness‚ whether immediate or requiring investment. Within the shallow society of Brave New World‚ the people constantly search for pleasure and release‚ much like our own world. However‚ they are heavily inclined by the government to search for the short-term
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Advanced Diploma in Business Administration International Marketing Strategy (B2007) Assignment Term 1‚ 2012 Lecturer: Mr. Sam Chung Student No.: 0305-006661 Name: Mr. Wong Yuen Ming‚ Joey Date: 08th March.‚ 2012 Contents 1. Company Background 4 2. Introduction 4 3. Country Attractiveness 4 4. Political Environment 5 5. Economic Environment 5 6. Social Environment 6 7. Technology Environment 6 8. Chengdu SWOT Analysis 7 8.1 Strengths 7 8.1.1 Provincial
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three different types: environmental‚ societal‚ and personal. Of these‚ most works will contain at least two of these control types; for example‚ Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World contains all three. The environment that characters‚ such as John or Lenina‚ grow up in greatly affects their morals and values‚ due to the world government that exerts controls on these by exploiting the people’s lack of self control. Similarly‚ in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi‚ Pi’s turbulent‚ oceanic environment determines
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in this place. The tall buildings‚ roads and walkways seem to be ‘the normal’‚ while this garden is abnormal‚ making (in the minds of the people of the World State)‚ the garden ‘un’-natural. This is shown when Bernard takes Lenina out over the ocean in a helicopter and Lenina refers to the ocean and the crashing waves to be ‘horrible‚ it’s horrible’ on page 75. Similarly‚ ‘Bladerunner’ is also lacking natural features in the movie. There is not a single tree throughout the whole movie‚ and the only
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sterilization and contraception. Women can have their ovaries removed for money. The act of fornication is controlled by a system of social rewards for promiscuity and lack of commitment. John‚ an outsider‚ is tortured by his sexual desire for Lenina and her inability to return his
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those from the Other World – they are conditioned to not think and simply escape obstacles and reality. In order for this method to be implemented‚ soma is taken by the individuals. In Chapter 7‚ Bernard and Lenina watch a celebration in the Savage Reservation‚ which almost brings a distraught Lenina to tears. Wanting to erase the morbid scene she had just witnessed‚ she thought of taking soma to numb herself‚ but she was not equipped with any‚ which is where she says “Oh‚ I wish I had my soma” (Huxley
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Community‚ Identity‚ Stability? Is there such thing as a world in the future where sexual interaction is the closest aspect of a community? Is it true that the people in this society are unable to choose what they want‚ due to the fact that they are genetically controlled of who they are? Or to eliminate someone’s sadness by just taking one drop of a drug can automatically make them feel better? Welcome to Brave New World. The motto of Brave New World consists of three words; community
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agreement with everything the controller wants the people to think‚ the person who believes otherwise more or less begins to be isolated. This occurred when people began to have an odd sense of Bernard Marx. Many girls tended to stay away from him‚ and Lenina was given questioning looks when she publicly announced their date. The threat of isolation occurred to Bernard Marx multiple times during the novel‚ most notably at the end of the story when John‚ Helmholtz Watson‚ and he were brought in to Mustapha
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intended to be Huxley’s “voice of sanity‚” does something that sounds like self parody to the modern reader: in trying to woo Lenina he states that he wants to do something noble for Lenina‚ crying out “No‚ of course it isn’t necessary. But some kinds of baseness are nobly undergone. I’d like to undergo something nobly. Don’t you see?” (195). The modern reader‚ like Lenina‚ does not see; but why would they? The role of religion‚ struggle‚ and art in modern society has changed drastically‚ and not
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Cursed to a life of isolation because of his appearance‚ values‚ and outrageous thoughts‚ John was alienated mentally‚ emotionally‚ and physically in both the Savage Culture and the World State Culture. Torn between keeping true to his virtues and conforming to society‚ the treatment of John highlights the values of both cultures in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Not looking like the rest of the Indians on the reservation hampered John’s ability to fit in with the Savage society. John wanted
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