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    Brave New World: The negative effects of a utilitarian society Aldous Hayley’s Brave New World introduces us to a dystopian society where everyone adheres to a system out of their control. In this world state “everyone belongs to everyone else”. Happiness is found in drugs and sex, monogamy is unheard of and basic human emotion has been distorted into something unrecognizable. The people of this exhibit no protest; to them it is a perfect utopia where everyone is happy in their pre conditioned…

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    novel “Brave New World” there is a sense of stability that the society has. Due to technology, there is no such need for individuality , personal freedom and other freedoms we have as humans beings.They’ve created a world where there is no taste of independence, but rather a sense of unity and belonging that everyone desires, to fit in and to be blooming with happiness. Belonging to one another and to enjoy life doesn 't seem so bad. Huxley manage to give us a taste of what the life in the…

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    which neither have any relevance to our world today. Now the question is whether our society is purposely diverting our attention to insignificant entertainment to hide crucial information? In Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley, he writes about a society whose citizens are censored from the realities we face in our society. Aging, murder, suffering, diseases, pain, love, and relationships are some of the few things that the people in Brave New World are prevented…

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    Utopian societies are unrealistic and unattainable because man is inherently bad. Instead of making life paradise, the World State creates contentment by conditioning and numbing individuals to their feelings. Since man is inherently prone to dissatisfaction, contentment can only be developed through conditioning and other unnatural processes. In the opening paragraph of the novel, it displays the consequences of unharnessed technology and man’s refusal to acknowledge the consequences (Watt).…

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    lives. In the literary work Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, language and propaganda are used as the main factors of the structural basis of their society. Civilians in the World State are delusional with the fact that they are living in an utopian world. Liberty is prohibited and a threat to society; free-thinking must be eliminated. Conformity is the key to success of their society; individualism is a threat and prohibited. The use of language and propaganda by the World State oppresses the…

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    This jolt of reality changes his plans. While John the Savage, in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is alone for very different reasons, his solitude also has benefits. John’s isolation from the World State society allows him to experience desire and feelings of living in a decent world. In his adaptation of Shakespearean values, John has the means (language) to verbalize his multifaceted emotions and reactions. This is what gives him…

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    orthodox, while the people who refrain from being normal or conforming to society are the outcasts. In the book, Brave New World, one of the most prominent themes is the tension between Orthodoxy, in this case authorized practices and beliefs, versus those who stand out in society. Sometimes the outcasts become lost in despair and decide to take their life. Aldous Huxley created Brave New World with a vastly unusual…

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    create a prosperous rebellion. Rebels who attempt to overthrow the World State in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World will never be successful. The World State is successful in constructing a rebellion proof state through the ways in which they control, suppress, and deport potential rebels. Firstly, the direct ways in which the World State controls their citizens assures that a rebellion will be avoided. Lenina Crowne is a rebel in the World State, as she begins to act in ways a female Beta…

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    Jennifer Government contains many elements that can directly be connected to the novel Brave New World, the famous Shakespearean tragedy, Macbeth and the blockbuster film, Divergent. In Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, a majority of the world’s countries have come together to form one big country called the World State, in a similar manner to the United States in Jennifer Government. The citizens of both worlds are valued on their capability to maintain a job and fit into a set role. The…

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    In Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley the narrator describes a future world state, and in this society people are conditioned and influenced from the minute they’re created to the minute they die. In this 'Brave New World ', the population is parted into five main castes- Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilons, with the Alphas being the highest and Epsilons the lowest. When it comes to the main characters in this novel, there is a pretty wide variation of who belongs to what caste.…

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