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    characters Bernard Marx, Helmholtz Watson, and John the Savage all display unorthodox behavior. Huxley’s Brave New World is centered around the World State and their sexually driven community. Every citizen is scientifically designed for a specific caste and job. The three main characters, Bernard Marx, John the Savage, and Helmholtz Watson are unorthodox, and all in different ways. To begin with, Bernard Marx is both physically and emotionally unorthodox. The first example presented to the…

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    brach of Hinduism that worships Vishnu as supreme god; Shaivas/Shaivities are people who accept Shiva as supreme god; Shaktas worship goddess Shakti in different forms and Smartas leave the choice of worshipping supreme god to individuals. Similar to caste system, religious division among one nation with each branch requiring different way of practice, imposing different political, economic and social initiatives or incentives harms identity of Indian…

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    I. Culture Culture, as explained in the textbook, is “The language, beliefs, values, norms, and even material objects that characterize a group and are passed from one generation to the next.” The definition sounds good, but what does it even mean? Culture is a word so broad that it is broken up into groups to better understand it. The material culture consists of characteristics of a culture that can be visualized; examples include jewelry, architecture, clothing, and inventions. Nonmaterial…

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    India By Biruni: Summary

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    Hindus religion believer will not in any way to sacrifices for their religion. This may also related base on the time period when Muslim started invasion into India around the period of 1350Th. (2) Because the castes system are well developed and there are specific rules restrict lower castes citizens are not allow involve in any science and some doesn’t even have the rights to speak. Al-Biruni has also concede because the religions they practices restrict towards all of those who does not same…

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    Buddhism also did away with the caste system and the need for priests (Brahmins) or rituals. “In Agganna Sutta of the Digha Nikaya , the Buddha brought out the detailed explanations to explain the development of the society and the development of the caste system in terms of occupations. It means whatever a person does for his earnings, he will be known as such, i.e., a person whose job is to…

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    The Ideal Society That Was Not Sexual orgies, frequent drug use, and a repugnance towards babies are the key qualities of an upstanding citizen. Well, they are in fictional dystopias anyway. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984 are novels that provide examples of a perfect nation that is more horrifying than innovative, but Huxley’s story appeals to more readers by showing how even a satisfying existence in dystopia is problematic. This essay will discuss both novels…

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    For instance, Bernard is shown to be an extremely bitter man who envies “men who [can move] through the caste system as [easily as] a fish through the water” (56). Peer pressure in the World State is evident. For example, Bernard, who — according to the other Betas and Alphas such as Fanny Crowne and Henry Foster—never acts the way a proper Alpha male should…

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    Monotheistic Religions

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    The major religions of Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam developed practices and beliefs that have been passed down and carried on throughout thousands of years. Working and evolving together, these religions have developed our world into a more varying and divergent place. Many of these religions have much in common, but several do not, and because of that, people can choose a religion that best fits who they are or who they want to be. Born the son of a respected family,…

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    scientifically produced, the government is able to alter newer generations to genetically be any way they desire. The lower castes, Deltas, Gammas, and Epilsons, are created by gentle exposure to alcohol while still embryos which makes them physically functioning but not fully capable of controlling their own brains. This makes them easier to control as a group, and because they are the lower castes, there is more of them than there is of humans with free thought. The government may have set it…

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    everyone else including artisans, merchants, and peasants), who accounted for the lowest rank the third estate pg.60 (Kerbo, 2012). A caste system shares a few similarities to social stratification and also some differentials. A common amongst both social stratification and the caste system they established guideline and principals to follow. A difference of the two social caste doesn’t believe in one leader everyone is a leader when it comes to social…

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