Literary analysis of “Brave New World.” In the Sci-fi futuristic novel “Brave New World”‚ published in 1932‚ Aldous Huxley introduces the idea of the utopian society‚ achieved through technological advancement in biology and chemistry‚ such as cloning and the use of controlled substances. In his novel‚ the government succeeds in attaining stability using extreme forms of control‚ such as sleep teaching‚ known as conditioning‚ antidepressant drugs – soma and a strict social caste system. This paper
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Brave new World is a sci-fi dystopian novel that takes place in the year 2540‚ or 632 AF (after Ford). It portrays a world that has advanced in genetic engineering‚ population control‚ the banning of natural reproduction‚ sleep-teaching and numerous other technology. Everyone is sanctioned into castes‚ Alpha‚ which is the highest caste‚ and the most physically superior‚ Beta‚ Gamma‚ Epsilon‚ and Delta. The controlling government‚ known as the world state‚ is managed by ten world controllers‚ spread
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Imagine living in a world with no mom and dad‚ and that at any of your sides you see many copies of yourself‚ and the only society you know is the one made up of some sort of hierarchy where you are not allowed to have any feelings or even think. This is the world depicted in the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The book was published in 1932‚ he was looking to provide people a picture of a future perfectionist society full of science and “happiness”‚ but this vision somehow became
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Right from the start of the book Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy hits you with a foreshadowing of how small you are compared to community with the example of the demolition of Arthur Dent’s house. It shows how powerless Arthur Dent is to stopping the destruction of his house and how high and mighty humans feel by controlling what gets destroyed and what does not. Earth is treated just like Arthur Dent’s house‚ useless and in the way for something better. The Vogans address Earth as nothing more
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Aldous Huxley wrote the book Brave New World in hoping to create an alternate society showing that utopia’s can have dystopia aspects. One of those aspects are class distinction where people are classed before they are born and are labeled as specific and robot-like people. Another aspect is the use of drugs and how it is oftenly used to persuade people into thinking the way the government thinks and a third aspect is consumerism where people are constantly consuming products and rules and the way
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“Community‚ Identity‚ Stability” ( Huxley 1). The dystopian society of the future lives by this motto in everything it does. One of the first things Huxley mentions in his novel is this hypocritical slogan. Community and identity are controlled by the apparent stability that the government has created. There is no true identity or community when the free will of each person is being suppressed. In Aldous Huxley’s novel‚ Brave New World‚ the author uses John’s life into the tribe and sudden submergence
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Frederick Lewis Donaldson once said that one of “The Seven Social Sins” is “Science without Humanity.” Science‚ by it’s very nature‚ can be immoral due to its need for objectiveness. Objectiveness that can make people overlook their humanity‚ an essential element in allowing individuals to have the ability to live moral lives. In Aldous Huxley’s‚ Brave New World‚ science’s negative effect on individuals is the main theme because science replaces the family unit‚ takes the place of religion‚ and controls
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Aldous Huxley grew up under difficult circumstances‚ losing his mother and eyesight at a young age made his life very challenging. After overcoming his near blindness and gaining a perspective on life not many have‚ Huxley became disillusioned with the war while studying at Oxford. Due to his blindness Huxley was a very shy man‚ which had a negative effect on his social life. This lead him to quit his position as a teacher and become an editor and ultimately a novelist. Huxley visited the United
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Malek Baker Jordan Research Paper Brave New World In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ his utilitarian society seeks the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of the people (Brandt‚ “Utilitarianism and Moral Rights”). The ways they achieve this are through genetic engineering‚ selective breeding‚ artificial selection‚ also having the masses us hallucinogenic and antidepressant drugs. The happiness of the society does not come from what most would think like achievements‚ advancements
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Imagine living in a world where it is uncommon for babies to be conceived through sex‚ but instead in places called hatcheries. There is ultimately no such thing as “being in love” as everyone belongs to everyone‚ which means its the norm to only have sexual partners. And drugs are formulated and scientifically modified to create euphoria in a state of over exhaustion‚ stress‚ anger‚ etc. the whole purpose of soma is to create give people a distraction so they would not be concerned with living in
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