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    that it adds a different mood and tone to the chapter. Additionally‚ it makes the storyline come alive in the reader’s mind. John sees two Bokanovsky groups receiving their soma ration when he exits the lift in the hospital vestibule who comprise the menial staff of the hospital and are waiting to receive their daily soma. The Savage watches them line up to receive their ration and starts repeating the phrase "Oh brave new world" to himself. In which‚ he compares the Khaki mob to maggots. (pg.

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    Let Down Your Noose Paige Fairbairn 10/20/12 Mr. Pierce per.2 The ultimate escape is death. The driving force that pushes a man to slide his neck through a noose‚ tighten the hole‚ and take the final leap of faith- only to result in eternal stillness. The leap of faith John the Savage took was a symbolic repudiation of the World State’s motto‚ “community‚ identity‚ stability” because every aspect of John was a contradiction to the motto‚ thus weakening the strength of the motto‚ essentially

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    When individuals normally hear the word zeal‚ an image of a devout religious follower kneeling in a sacred place of worship might come to their minds. However‚ the individuals might neglect that zeal pertains to more than religious fervor; zeal describes the commitment towards learning a new skill‚ helping others‚ altering society’s view about a subject‚ and many other perspectives. Zealous individuals do not obsess over their work because they remain aware of their environment and keep the needs

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    10/11/12 Journal Entry #5: HTRLLAP Concepts The concept of “vampires” is present in Brave New World because the men and women don’t respect each other in the area of romance. Men like Henry Foster just use girls like Lenina for sex. But having sex with multiple people is socially accepted in the World State. In Brave New World‚ symbolic vampirism is used because the men and women use each other to get what they want which is sex. They do not care about what the other person wants. An example

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    To feel every emotion helps appreciate the good times in life. It’s better to be able to feel the great times in life instead of live the mediocre lives the people live in Brave New World. The people take soma to feel happy and when they start to not feel as happy they just take more soma. Soma has no side affects to it that’s why they take it all the time. Everyone has perfect health and only live till 60 years old. This is just showing how they don’t live in a very

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    cheerful company‚ they ate an excellent meal. Soma was served with the coffee. Lenina took two half-gramme tablets and Henry three” (Huxley 78). When they took soma‚ it cleared their mind‚ where they were no longer worried about anything‚ "You don ’t say so‚" said Lenina politely‚ not knowing in the least what the Warden had said‚ but taking her cue from his dramatic pause. When the Warden started booming‚ she had inconspicuously swallowed half a gramme of soma‚ with the result that she could now sit‚

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    He had his own mind‚ and refused to assimilate. Although‚ John truly belonged to no class. He was not conditioned to be an Alpha‚ a Beta‚ a Gamma‚ a Delta‚ or an Epsilon. He was truly alone and unhappy. Unlike other citizens‚ who used the narcotic Soma to escape reality‚ he saw the world for what it was; broken. Ultimately‚ John

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    current situation‚ accordingly to information provided. * Evidence of Order Arrangement: SAB 101 requires an evidence to identify any transaction as a formal sales order. During our analyses we have found that in the sales transactions tested by Soma Desai‚ only the Technology Devices Division’s newly adopted sales strategy is not fulfilling this requirement. To prevent further conflicts‚ a regulation about the written order format and sales agreements should be adopted in company-wide. * Delivery

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    her cry he caught her by the shoulders and shook her. ‘Whore!’ he shouted. ‘Whore! Impudent strumpet!’” (Huxley 194). John the Savage also thinks that soma‚ the “perfect drug” is bad which is contrary to the popular belief. Everyone in this new society relies on soma whenever they start to feel sadness or stress and John urges them to stop taking soma and experience these

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    Bokanovsky Process‚ and hypnopaedic conditioning. Another is the creation of complicated entertainment machines that generate both harmless leisure and the high levels of consumption and production that are the basis of the World State’s stability. Soma is a third example of the kind of medical‚ biological‚ and psychological technologies that Brave New World criticizes most sharply. It is important to recognize the distinction between science and technology. Whereas the State talks about progress

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