According to “Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World” by Jack Weatherford‚ it is no doubt that Europeans were influenced by Indians’ ideas. Especially‚ they knew much more about the concept of liberty. First of all‚ ideas about liberty of Native Americans are the premises of European Enlightenment. Early Europeans defined liberty as freedom of whole communities. They considered freedom as an intangible thing people can get after being released from the domination of
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changed the lives of the majority‚ if not‚ all‚ people living in Europe. However‚ not only did religion change the people‚ but the people‚ in turn‚ changed religion. The most prominent religion in Europe during this time was Catholicism‚ which some theologians disagreed with. Catholicism presented many disagreeable topics to theologians such as Martin Luther and John Calvin. These two men introduced a new religion called Protestantism‚ but was opposed later on by supporters of the Counter-Reformation
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Brave New World After reading Brave New World I am left with several feelings. I will start with the bad feelings. One feeling that stuck with me was a feeling of disgust. To be honest this book pissed me off. I understand what Huxley is trying to do in this book‚ but why in this fashion? To begin with I hated the plot. The characters‚ the events‚ and the society itself made me furious. I didn’t enjoy the story at all. I thought it was a waste of a beautiful forming plot. The ending is what really
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revolves around it’s interactions with Europeans. The Europeans exploited and conquered much of the African continent. They were able to conquer Africa through imperialism which is a process of invasion‚ attack and exploitation for natural resources. Africa had many natural resources that Europeans wanted to themselves and the only solution they came up with was to conquer Africa. Europeans explored and exploited Africa for a variety of reasons. They did this to spread christianity‚ to civilize
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In Brave New World Aldous Huxley wrote about many issues in his time period. Some of these issues still face us today. Examples of this would be the role of women in society‚ the use of soma‚ and conditioning. Aldous Huxley did not fully explain what soma was but we can infer that it was some sort of drug used to make people happy. Aldous Huxley wrote about many topics that still face this this world today even if it is unnoticed. In Brave New World Aldous Huxley gave many clues throughout
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Utopia and Dysotopia in Science Fiction What would it be like to live in an Utopian city? Is it really all it claims to be? There are many philosophers who have discussed the idea of Utopias and Dystopias. Some are for it and some aren ’t. Some believe it ’s possible to have a Utopia while others believe there is no way that it can. Plato‚ More‚ Hobbes‚ and Locke are some that have a high idea of Utopias. A Brave New World‚ indirectly supported and refuted some of the ideas of these philosophers
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Huxley’s novel‚ Brave New World‚ is a cautionary tale against mankind becoming controlled by science and technology. It is stated that government control should not be allowed in too many aspects of life because mankind’s individuality and personal relationships would be nonexistent. In this New World State‚ everyone is scientifically modified to like what they like and be who they are. Their physical and mental capacities are decided when they are in a birth capsule. Robert S. Baker suggests‚ “the
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Throughout the Early Modern Era‚ European nations capitalized on advanced technology to expand their territories into the Americas‚ Africa‚ and India. The French and British established trading posts in India‚ which led to conflict. Queen Elizabeth the first was in power in England‚ sponsoring privateers such as Sir Francis Drake. The Portuguese settled in the southern and eastern coasts of Africa‚ and the Spanish gained control over Latin America. The Spaniards were able to conquer the Aztecs with
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handful of characters are put into Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World to make the societal themes gleam more brilliantly in his dystopian world where erotic behavior is encouraged from a young age and stability is more important than joyfulness. Two characters that convey themes for the duration of the novel are Linda and John the Savage. The way citizens treat Linda in the reservation and in the New World and the way John perceives the civilized world both elucidate ideals important to the citizens in the
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Allusions to the "Brave New World" 1. Ford Henry Ford (1863-1947) revolutionized the automobile industry with the assembly line method of production‚ which proved very successful for 15 million Model Ts were sold. Humans were similarly produced in the Brave New World where the embryos passed along a conveyor belt while a worker or machine would have a specific task dealing with the specimen. Again‚ this assembly line method proved very successful. 2. Lenina Vladmir Lenin (1870-1924) founded
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