Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

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It is alarming how quickly technology has advanced over the years. Our society today, especially the next generation, rely too much on technology to the point where they cannot go one day without it. This can make people seem more social on the internet when they are not in person. Privacy was valued more in the past and people are being controlled, not physically but socially. George Orwell’s novel, “1984” offers a more plausible view of the future than Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” through his ideas of privacy and control. To begin with, the idea of constantly monitoring everyone has transitioned itself into today’s society. In “1984,” Winston saw that “it was the police patrol, snooping into people's windows” which is a less subtle

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