Reality In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

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As children, we are very skeptical to the world around us. Although we may not be fully aware of our surrounding environment, we are still using all of the new things around us to learn and grow. Not having the opportunity to have your own freedom and the chance to figure out who you truly are would be so unfortunate for many people, because everyone deserves a moment to show their true self and be genuinely happy. Take a second and think about how different your life would be if you lived in the “world state” life. As we analyze the book “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley, we criticize the controlled life the characters have in the book but in reality there are many things that our lives have in common with their fictional world. In the first

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