Compare And Contrast Hemingway And Watson

In Brave New World, the character Helmholtz Watson is a rebel. He’s confident, he has an intellectual curiosity, an appreciation for art, and he is passionate. Ernest Hemingway was also a rebel; he took risks in his life as well as his writing. In the book, Watson expresses his feelings towards passionate writing saying, “...I try to teach my students-how to write piercingly.”(70), which tells us that Watson wants to be able to write and not feel like his work is empty and meaningless. Unfortunately, the conditioning that he went through made it very difficult to do so. Hemingway also had difficulties getting his thoughts out to the world. Many of his novels were banned in schools and libraries while numerous people criticized his work.
Additionally, Hemingway and Watson also shared a trait: they were both womanizers. In the book, after Bernard confided in Helmholtz about sleeping with six girls the previous week, Watson said, “I’m rather sad, that’s all,”(157) Watson was sad and disappointed because he was always very fond of women and hadn’t been with one for a while. Hemingway clearly admired women as he had four wives and wrote about a few of …show more content…
Castro wanted Cuba to be socially equal, to close the gap between the rich and the poor, and to provide free services such as education, healthcare and transport. But, in order to accomplish this he had to switch to a communist government, which resulted in a decline of human rights. Mond wanted to maintain the social order and stability of the World State. He did this by controlling the science, history, and books the public saw. As he said, “Science is dangerous...keep it most carefully chained and muzzled.”(255) As honorable as their intentions might have been, the utopias they craved resulted in disastrous dystopias. In the end, Mustapha Mond and Fidel Castro shared lost childhood gifts and a desire to do what they thought was right for their