They are given these things called soma that has them doze off distracting themselves from negative emotion without knowing the result of taking it. They’re conditioned to do things and not feel negative emotions ‚ consumed and know they can get new things right away ‚ and always sounded
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technologically‚ but also in a psychological way. Hypnopaedic teachings control the way people think and make them happy with their lives rather than question the status quo. • Products of science that keep the people in check more directly are ‘soma’ and ‘the feelies’. • Soma supresses society to keep them happy with what they have. • The feelies could be seen just as entertainment but it can also be seen as a sort of propaganda to mould the thinking of the people. • The synthetic music machine is another
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without having sex with her. This leaves her bewildered and lacking confidence. She deals with the situation by taking soma‚ and john releases all of his passion and emotion by reading Shakespeare. These actions are similar because both are methods of escape. For John‚ the raw and passionate emotions in Shakespeare help him to understand himself and his world‚ and for Lenina‚ soma allows her to pacify
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a major injury‚ each person carries a pain around with them. In our world‚ someone might take a narcotic to help and ease the pain until they are satiated. In Brave New World it seems as though the people are never satisfied as they constantly take soma to ease their inner pain that they can’t describe. A final point‚ that leaves a terrifying effect on the reader is that in Brave New World the citizens live in a reality that have acceptable social norms that are also expected. The terrifying thing
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Jazlyn Marcos Period 1 Extra Credit Book Report Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 1. Brief Outline: Protagonist: John the Savage‚ is the protagonist of the novel and the symbol of the old world order‚ where emotion and individualism were important. When he is taken from the Savage Reservation to London‚ he refutes the accepted merits of the "brave‚ new world" and points out its pitfalls. Antagonist: Mustapha Mond is the antagonist of the novel and the symbol of the brave new world. As one
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Matthew Cayce Instructor Susanna Holmes Honors Composition II 26 April 2006 Brave New World: Utopia? When one envisions a utopian society‚ religion‚ the prevailing presence of social class segregation‚ and abusive drug use are not typically part of such a surreal picture. These attributes of society‚ which are generally the leading causes of discontent among its members‚ are more so the flaws an idealist would stray from in concocting such hypothesis for a more "perfect" world; not so for Aldous
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Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 are two books‚ both of which are supposed to be set in the future‚ which have numerous theme similarities throughout them. Of all their common factors‚ the ones that stand out most would have to be first‚ the outlawed reading of books; second‚ the superficial preservation of beauty and happiness; and third‚ the theme of the protagonist as being a loner or an outcast from society because of his differences in beliefs as opposed to the norm. <br> <br>We’ll look first
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Fahrenheit 451 Brave New World Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic view of a society and its people’s roles. This prophetic novel‚ first written and published in the early 1950s‚ is set in a future where books‚ and the ideas they represent and manifest‚ are burned to prevent disruptions in society. Furthermore‚ TV is everyone’s drug of choice‚ and independent thinking is basically illegal. Its central character‚ Guy Montag‚ is a fireman responsible to that society for ensuring those
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Characterization Essay By Amber Dennis The authors of the Spark notes series writes‚ “As an outsider‚ John takes his values from a more than 900-year-old author‚ William Shakespeare. John’s extensive knowledge of Shakespeare’s works serves him in several important ways: it enables him to verbalize his own complex emotions and reactions‚ it provides him with a framework from which to criticize World State values‚ and it provides him with language that allows him to hold his own against the formidable
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death conditioning‚ and so on. Despite the World State’s intentions of maximizing societal happiness‚ it is impossible to achieve a state of complete perfection‚ as the political system itself is not perfect. Therefore‚ citizens are taught to rely on soma‚ a hallucinant drug‚ to annihilate any unpleasant emotions‚ and to “Take a holiday from reality whenever you like” (46). Citizens are essentially dehumanized into mindless human drones‚ incapable of feeling genuine emotions or thinking unconventional
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