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What is Soma?
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Soma is a drug that is widely used to obtain insure gratification/limit feelings
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How does sex relate to BNW?
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Promiscuity is encouraged monogamy is discourage 75% of females are sterilized, contraceptives are enforced, ovaries are removed to governmental control reproduction
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What is alienation?
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A juxtaposition at the total conformity enforced and maintained by the world state government
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What are the themes Aldous Huxley use in his writing?
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1) control over society through technology( control over people and social roles to create a universal "happiness" the society inhibits freedom of thought and feelings)
2) Shakespeare(BNW uses themes from Shakespeare's plays specifically romeo and Juliet and The Tempest) 3)Happiness vs. Reality/Truth( characters avoid truth and therefore freedom at all cost, hence soma is used) |
