The loss of freedom and individuality in the modern world could be countered by human warmth and compassion but all too often it’s not. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and the selected poetry of W.H. Auden‚ the protagonists routinely lose individuality and freedom but hardly ever is this loss countered by expressions of human warmth and compassion. ‘John the Savage’ enters the Brave New World but loses the freedom and individuality he has grown up with. In the same way ‘Miss Gee’ and the Jewish
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Huxley’s novel‚ Brave New World‚ thoroughly projects a utopian society through The World State; however‚ through various characters‚ Huxley reveals how the reality of the World State is far from perfect. In this society‚ happiness is key to stability which is certainly the ultimate goal. For many years the inhabitants of The World State have established laws in order to stimulate a utopian society. Consequently‚ individuality is forbidden‚ including the freedom of being alone. The World State creates
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Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World shows that in order for a society to achieve a state of stability‚ there has to be a sacrifice of individuality‚ emotions‚ and Mother Nature. The government carefully engineers these conditions‚ creating a society where people are living “happily”‚ but at great cost. In the World State‚ the importance of being an individual means nothing‚ and people are slowly dehumanized. Being an individual in the World State is seen as a negative trait‚ because they have a
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Brave New World Essay The concept of freedom is always changing and is often open to interpretation. What‚ exactly‚ is freedom? and why is it so important that we be free? In Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley leaves the reader in continuous suspense over which character is truly free or has freedom. The citizens of the World State do not possess any notion of freedom‚ they are unable to control the way they think‚ feel and make decisions;
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In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley freedom comes in many different forms. For many in this story‚ freedom is an inconceivable idea. Each moment in their life has been conditioned from birth to the exact specifications made by the rulers to ensure total and complete complacent happiness. This book however shows almost every side to this society. It shows the side of the successful‚ unhappy or not; the abandoned‚ one loving and one hating society; and the people in between. For each character comes
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virtually impossible. Individuality will dwindle as Americans continue struggling to find comfort through association as the once bountiful well of fads‚ fashions‚ styles‚ and other various forms of self expression is dried
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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. A society that is always happy and has no pain does not have individuality. Consequently‚ those in the
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ESSAI Volume 7 Article 22 4-1-2010 An Explication of a Poem: W. H. Auden ’s "Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone" Scott Hixson College of DuPage Follow this and additional works at: http://dc.cod.edu/essai This Selection is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at DigitalCommons@C.O.D.. It has been accepted for inclusion in ESSAI by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@C.O.D.. For more information‚ please contact koteles@cod.edu. Recommended
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Speaking of which‚ freedom is a frequent theme that appears throughout the hero’s journey in every single work discussed in this honors course. With every one of these stories containing the theme of freedom‚ this could not be possible without some type of restraint or authoritarian regime present in such story. In 1984‚ it is the Party and Big Brother being that restraint; in Brave New World‚ that restraint is The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning; in The Lion‚ The Witch‚ and The Wardrobe
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The Motto of the World State is Community‚ Identity‚ Stability. With detailed reference to the novel‚ how do you view this in relation to individual freedom? “Community‚ Identity‚ Stability.” -- The motto that shapes and defines the entire civilized world. Civilians like Lenina believe that the motto has given them their individual freedom. “I am free. Free to have the most wonderful time. Everybody’s happy nowadays.” (Page 79) Ironically‚ Huxley was trying to convey the exact opposite message
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