Sharif Mansour Mrs. Por ENG 4U 2012-11-01 Key Quotes and literary significance Quote 1: “Alphas are so conditioned that they do not have to be infantile in their emotional behaviour. But that is all the more reason for their making a special effort to conform. It is their duty to be infantile‚ even against their inclination. “(Huxley 98) * Director is addressing Bernard‚ after he embarrasses himself by showing an emotional side of himself. * Goes against the idea of all the characters
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Dystopian Heroes A dystopian society mainly asks one question and that is‚ “What if?” Typically‚ their government‚ beliefs‚ and way of life are different from what we would find normal. All the literary works demonstrate a society unlike ours including: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ “Harrison Bergeron” by Harrison Vonnegut‚ “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury‚ Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ 1984 by George Orwell‚ and Life As We Knew It
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Shweta Jain Period 2 AP English 22 November 2008 “Brave New World” offers a view of the world as it might become if science is no longer ruled by man but man is ruled by science and thus puts at stake his freedom. Nowadays‚ probably everybody is familiar with the debates concerning the amazing breakthroughs in science‚ and especially in cloning. Brave New World shows the warnings of the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies. One illustration of this theme is
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Lenina and Bernard visit the Savage Reservation‚ where Lenina finds the materialistic sources lacking for "progress." Hypnopaedic phrases create the illusion of living in a never-ending advancing society. Since childhood‚ we are made to believe‚ almost as ’sleep-learning’ that being
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"’Too awful.’ Bernard hypocritically agreed‚ wishing‚ as he spoke the words‚ that could have as many girls as Helmholtz did‚ and with as little trouble. He was seized with a sudden need to boast. I’m taking Lenina Crowne to New Mexico with me‚’ he said in a tone as casual as he could make it."’As seen from this quote Bernard’s only grudge against the New World is his loneliness‚ awkwardness and his weak physique and personality. Given a chance he would enjoy the New World to the fullest as he does
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Short introduction to the movie: The movie “The Island” takes place in the year 2019‚ where rich people can buy a “life-insurance” in form of a clone. The clones live separately under the earth in an old military site‚ where they have no acces to the real world. They have been told that they are the only survivors of a catastrophy that contaminated the whole world. They live separately under the observation of Dr. Merrick‚ the unscrupulous chief of the organisation. The clones are used for their
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Brave New World Chapter 1 Summary (Notes) -Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. -The year is a.f. 632 (632 years “after Ford”). -Director of Hatcheries / Conditioning is giving students a tour of a factory that produces humans and conditions them for their roles in the world. -Explains that humans no longer produce living offspring. Instead‚ surgically removed ovaries produce ova that are fertilized in artificial receptacles and incubated in bottles. -The Hatchery destines each
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" and sexual promiscuity. Disease is nonexistent‚ old age and death made as pleasant as possible so they can be ignored. Some parts of the earth‚ however‚ are allowed to remain as they were before the World State came to power. With Bernard and Lenina‚ you visit one of these Savage Reservations‚ the New Mexican home of the Zuni Indians. It is a world away from civilized London: the Zunis are impoverished‚ dirty‚ ravaged by disease and old age‚ and still cling to their ancient religion. The settings
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Soma clouds the realities of the present and replaces them with happy hallucinations‚ and is thus a tool for promoting social stability. But even Shakespeare can be used to avoid facing the truth‚ as John demonstrates by his insistence on viewing Lenina through the lens of Shakespeare’s world‚ first as a Juliet and later as an “impudent strumpet.” According to Mustapha Mond‚ the World State prioritizes happiness at the expense of truth by design: he believes that people are better off with happiness
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seems very odd because it makes no sense to us‚ but then there are other examples he uses. The way Huxley tries to show us certain things he sees about our world is different and mind boggling. One part of the book that confuses me is when Fanny and Lenina have a conversation. "I really do think you ought to be careful. It’s such horribly bad form to go on and on like this with one man..."(pg 46). I found this very disturbing because in our society any time someone else finds out you’ve had
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