English 100 Molina‚ Jordan September 25‚ 2013 What is the real me? News feed‚ status updates‚ Facebook‚ Twitter‚ Instagram‚ when one hears theses word one usually thinks about social media. What is social media though? Social media is forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information‚ ideas‚ personal messages‚ and other content (as videos). Through the use of social media one can create
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Brave New World opens in the Central London Hatching and Conditioning Center‚ where the Director of the Hatchery and Henry Foster are giving a tour to a group of boys. The boys learn about the Bokanovsky Process‚ which allows the Hatchery to produce thousands of nearly identical human embryos. During the gestation period the embryos travel in bottles along a conveyor belt through a large factory building‚ and are conditioned to belong to one of five castes: Alpha‚ Beta‚ Gamma‚ Delta‚ or Epsilon
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In her investigative essay entitled “Alienation in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚” Josephine McQuail explores the recurring theme of alienation in Huxley’s dystopian classic‚ touching upon “psychological‚ sociological‚ sexual‚ biological‚ and even aesthetic” (McQuail 32) alienation for several major characters. She expresses her belief that Huxley’s main message in the novel‚ “only the alienated individual… can achieve true happiness” (McQuail 31)‚ is flawed. While this claim has its merits‚ the
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Aldous Huxley wrote of a futuristic society in his book entitled “Brave New World” where individualism and morals had been eradicated. The members of this city were no longer conceived‚ but mixed in labs to ensure that the best traits and combinations of genes were prevalent. A single fertilized egg produced thousands of identicals to establish a steady exponential population growth. To the government‚ people were no longer people‚ but numbers. The society as a whole lived‚ thought‚ and valued
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The theme in the Brave New World revolves around attaining total happiness‚ rather artificial happiness and a sense of fulfillment by the state for its people. This is achieved through three different techniques‚ the first one being biological and psychological conditioning‚ the second one is through promiscuous sex and the ultimate one by the use of a drug called soma‚ which can affect people around the world without any side effects. In today’s society with rising tension‚ ever increasing cases
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Brave New World – Aldous Huxley Reading Log Chapter Who? New students; the DHC; Henry Foster; Lenina Where? London‚ central Hatchery and Conditioning Centre: Fertilizing Room‚ Decanting Room‚ ... What? The DHC shows new students the CLHCC. Explains the Society (production of people‚ alpha‚ beta‚ gamma‚ epsilon; etc.) Henry Foster‚ his assistent‚ sees Lenina‚ with whom he has a date Comments: no individuality in this world; DHC is very important; manipulation Chapter Who? DHC
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In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ he examines three every day aspects and the problems they cause. During the last century‚ Huxley’s aspects of standardization‚ social classes‚ and the role of children in society have presented challenges in America. Standardization has played a role around the world. When Henry Ford started to use the assembly line in the 1910s it “revolutionized production” (“Innovation”). Through the assembly line‚ standardization helped the world by saving huge amounts
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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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