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    Stability” (1) stand tall. These three words are the pillars on which Aldous Huxley’s dystopia is built on. However, in this new world, these words have slightly different meanings than the reader may think. Here, community refers to the population of five castes, all of which are born from test tubes, and grow up to become worker bees in the hive. Identity, in Brave New World is not defined as “who someone is” but which caste one belongs too. Rather than individuality, conformity and…

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    Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World features a future in which the individual has no power over his fate, and from conception is subject to the will of the World State. Over the past two hundred years, society has grown to resemble Huxley’s disturbing prediction, and the will of the individual has indeed become decreasingly significant with regard to his own life. The vast majority of the world’s population is subject to governments, corporations, and media over which it has no influence, and will…

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    insightful viewpoints from two different characters that hold unique titles. Mustapha Mond, the Controller of the World State, questions John and tries to convince him into conforming to the conditions of the structured society by assuring the many benefits of stability and human happiness. John, the Savage, on the other hand, challenges the accepted and integrated notions of the World State by pointing out the ethical flaws in its system that goes against religion and human morality. This marks…

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    In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the citizens of the World State rarely speak about the past, but when they do; it is only regarded as a age of strong emotions that caused violence anguish, and instability. Thus, they completely eradicated all feelings from their society, even though emotions were an essential factor in shaping history, both the beneficial and the detrimental. When the World State chooses to only experience happiness, it implies that all humans from back were living a sinful…

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    communal identity and conformist behavior in his dystopian novel Brave New World. Huxley creates an experiment within the World State, controlling factors such as birth in a test tube, predestined factions, color of clothes, sanitation and the rationing of soma. He casts his characters as the variables in the experiment, utilizing the outsider John, the neglected Bernard, and the indoctrinated Lenina to examine their responses to the World State. As every one belongs to every one else, Lenina…

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    Happiness and Human Conditioning will lead to a downfall in society, leaving people with no free will. In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, the theme Happiness and The Human Condition can not possibly coexist because, as shown through symbolism and allusion, conditioning stops people from deciding what to do, soma creates “happiness”, and the citizens have grown up to believe “everyone belongs to everyone”. There is no singularity, so the citizens are not able to think or express themselves…

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    Brave New World is a piece of dystopic literature that was written by English author Aldous Huxley. It was written in the 1930’s which was shortly before the second world war and in a very tumultuous political scene. This was especially evident is the number of things that were changing. This would include things such as mandatory eight-hour work day and welfare. Along with those changes there began to be a push for more education reform. This included “better teaching styles” and newer…

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    Significance of John the Savage In the novel, “Brave New World,” by Aldous Huxley, John the Savage represents the connection between the civilized society which succeeds in conditioning their communities to maintain standards, and the savage community where religion and rituals takes place. John is nevertheless out casted by both societies where he neither fits. His beliefs in Awonawilona and the stories portrayed by Shakespeare shape John’s world into a delusional interaction when he’s…

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    today’s leading technology giant, to our Local Blue Ridge Mac. In Brave New World, a novel by Aldous Huxley, civilization becomes tedious, and the citizens depend excessively on technology . The citizens especially rely abundantly on Soma, a pleasure drug, which becomes addictive and is found to slowly kill them. Additionally Soma is also a powerful influence of technology and science on society. The discussions, Brave New World, The Circle, 1984, articles, and the judgement of other peers, has…

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    likely have a more symbolic meaning. Several characters in the novel, Brave New World, exhibit this common pattern in literature; their physical imperfections refer to their characters overall, and themes within the book. Bernard Marx, a main character from Brave New World, is a perfect example of someone who has a physical deformity, that symbolizes a deeper issue. Bernard belongs to the alpha class, which is the top caste in the World State.…

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