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    person in the world to obey. Once one person shows violence‚ they must be stopped. Police must use violence in order to prevent someone else from using violence. If one person were to behave violently‚ then they would cause the police to behave violently which would meant the society isn’t violence free. Total utopia isn’t possible because humans have free will. The only way for a utopia to be accomplished is to control the population and take away their free will. In the book “Brave New World” they had

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    In Huxley’s‚ Brave New World‚ Bernard Marx‚ one of the story’s main protagonist’s‚ fails to play the role of a dystopian hero. An Alpha male‚ who is supposedly meant to be a big‚ strong‚ leader figure‚ is unsuccessful in fitting into society because of his substandard physical appearance. Due to his dissatisfaction and lack of confidence with himself‚ Bernard’s main goal is to fit into the dystopia and raise his social status. However‚ because Bernard is so focused on himself‚ he is unable to criticize

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    When you don’t fit in anywhere‚ and there is nowhere to go‚ what do you do? In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ John is rejected in his society. He was born from civilized parents‚ but he grew up in a savage reservation. This causes John and his mother to not fit in no matter where they go. John’s curiosity‚ ideals‚ and conditioning push him throughout the course of the novel to change for the worse because he becomes paranoid and not wanting of any human contact. John’s curiosity is a major reason

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    INTRO In order to become an individual‚ you must embrace challenges and suffering. Those experiences 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

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    the serious issues of our time as nothing more than fodder for entertainment. Television is the biggest culprit‚ and those of us who grew up on television have been damaged in ways that are now so universally common that they go unnoticed. Neil Postman’ s examination of this problem in his 1985 book‚ Amusing Ourselves to Death‚ is a dire warning of the consequences of living in a culture dominated by television‚ and while over 20 years have passed since this book was written‚ the introduction

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    graveyard down at the bottom. As I grabbed my briefcase someone was waiting for me at the door. It was a young man around the age of 16 and he was a mail delivery agent from the MAIL district. I took the letter and read it to myself. It said Dear Brave scientist‚ While you are reading this something very terrible is happening on your floor right now. You won’t realise it until it is too late. If your curiosity is upsetting you let me inform you‚ yes I was in the storage room. From Unknown This was

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    Audit & taxation | Audit Risk in the Brave New World | Audit Risk Model | | | 6/27/2010 | Submitted To: MR. Asim Khan Submitted By Bilal Khalid INTRODUCTION The audit risk model has provided a conceptual framework for auditing practice for more than 40 years. Despite practical difficulties in implementation and criticisms of its theoretical foundation‚ the model has been fairly effective in helping auditors analyze risks and use that analysis to determine the nature‚

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    Brave New World – A Better World “From each according to his ability‚ to each according to his need.” This quote‚ by Karl Marx‚ addresses the principle that everyone should contribute as much as they can to society‚ and in turn take whatever it is they need from the society. The ideology from this quote is greatly applied in Aldous Huxley’s novel‚ Brave New World. It can be said that the entire foundation of Huxley’s novel is based on this single quote. In the novel‚ the population of the world

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    allowed himself one last chance to partake in sweet memories of friends‚ family‚ his country‚ all left behind. As his wife stirred he turned around. He never looked back. Forward they walked towards opportunities untold. Forward they walk towards a new beginning. Forward they walked in America‚ home of the free. For centuries humans have forsaken the comforts of their current situations in search of a better existence for themselves and their families. From migrating thousands of miles to overthrowing

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    Summary Essay of "Amusing Ourselves to Death" This is a breakdown of Neil Postman’s "Amusing ourselves to death"(1985)‚ which must be written to explain the effects that high volume of emails‚ text messages‚ video games‚ and internet television has on the human race and the way we think. In the first chapter of the book "The Medium is the Metaphor" Postman (1985) begins his argument that he presents through out the book. Postman (1985) explains how knowledge is no longer gained from print‚ but from

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