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    In Aldous Huxley 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…

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    In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, technology is used to shape what is described to be a utopia- a place without war, bloodshed, or social instability. However, this utopia is false, a sham of a society that oppresses its citizens while claiming it is for the people’s own good. A social caste that is engineered and impressed upon every individual from birth exists to keep people in place. Technology is twisted and warped as a dastardly effective tool in molding and suppressing the populace of…

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    Julia is similar in that her non-conformity is not serious; she places hedonism over intellectual resistance. The conflict between individuality and conformity is presented in the endings of ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ and ‘Brave New World’ by Orwell and Huxley through the portrayal of the final imposition of conformity on the protagonists. In ‘Brave New World’, John the Savage’s rebellion against society is disturbed when…

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    Many characters in novels go through the process in seeking more insight and discovery’s of ones self. As evident in two novels, two characters go through the needs to find themselves for who they truly are. Bernard Marx from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and Grendel from Grendel by John Gardner both go through the process of self-discovery. Grendel and Bernard are different from society. They both seek for answers on why the world is how it is, why they are who they are, and they both have…

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    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley conveys a civilization that is stripped of all humanity by restricting people of their free will. The methods of doing this is not a set of rules but a way of life that is instilled in the minds of all citizens since their birth. In the dystopian civilization of the World State social control is intertwined in every aspect of life which corrupts society and endangers the individual thinker. The citizens of the World State are ordained to believe that they each…

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    The novels, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and 1984 by George Orwell, although both portray many differences, they also contain many similarities. These two books have many details that may be seen as a warning to today’s and future societies. Showcasing not only the rapid advancement of technology, but also the increasing amounts of government control over society. The two books also have similar displays of the increasing amounts of harmful drug and alcohol abuse. Writing about these three…

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    Because Aldous Huxley was concerned about the dangers of scientific progress, he wrote a novel predicting a future in which technology dominates mankind. In Huxley’s Brave New World, John perceives the New World society – which he had high hopes for – as wicked, disgusting, and foolish. John disagrees with many aspects of this morally corrupt society: open sexuality, hypnopaedia, use of a brainwashing drug, and lack of individualism. During his experience in the New World, John befriends Bernard…

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    members. By utilizing these methods, they bring the reader into their own world. Dystopian futures are futures where people are being oppressed and face horrid living conditions in society. An example of a dystopian genre novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley where technology and methods adopted from Henry Ford’s teachings has brought up a society where the lives of people are controlled. While a film example of a dystopian future is the first Hunger Games movie, The Hunger Games directed by…

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    are Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, George Orwell’s 1984, and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Bradbury and Orwell depict the future as the government using technology to control people. However, Huxley depicts the future as a society who finds absolute pleasure in technology. Huxley’s future is the most accurate to our society’s future when compared to Orwell’s and Bradbury’s because of his use of technology and pleasure. Aldous Huxley depicts the future in Brave New World as a society who…

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    Literary Essay Rough Copy Everyone has a place to live, but not everyone has a right to be independent and have their own life. Name of the book is “Brave new world” by Aldous Huxley. It is the science fiction book that took place in the future. The novel is about technological experimentations where people are not born but technologically created and hatched. In that world there are not feeling and love, where people are made to think the same and that they are always happy. No matter what…

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