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    The Need For Imperfections In the novel, Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, he introduces a utopian society where everyone is happy and have a blind eye on what the World State makes them believe. Imagine a society where there are no imperfections, everyone is the same, nobody is different, you live a privileged life and always happy. The cost is never possessing individuality and gambling where only the top classes enjoy such a lifestyle. Social stability guarantees perfection and…

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    Brave New World was written by Aldous Huxley in 1932. It is a dystopian novel that takes place in the future. The new government is known as the World State and it is run by twelve controllers. Brave New World is a unique novel that portrays multiple similarities and differences with the United States today. Some major topics include human life, death and eugenics, the consumption of goods and services, and the use of drugs and pharmaceuticals. The United States still focuses on human rights and…

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    Many world leaders throughout history have attempted to compose the great society, or as they believed, utopia. On these occurrences, they in some way try to subdue the creative and free thinking side of human nature. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Mustapha Mond achieves universal stability. As we see in the New World society, stability is made the first priority at the expense of most of the people 's intrinsic human faculties. Mond explains eloquently and quite persuasively to John and…

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    forms of literature, such as novels and movies, can teach audiences about the meaning of life, while giving people ideas about how they should live their life. The movie, Dawn of the Dead, by George A. Romero, and the novel, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley greatly intertwine to send a strong message about the values of most people in our American society today, and about how this new set of beliefs changed ourselves and our society from the strong one that we once had. Although conforming to…

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    The novel When We Wake by Karen Healey is a captivating story that shows the author’s view on what the world will be like in one-hundred twenty years. The novel explores Healey’s view on the selfishness of mankind, and the fact that people will do almost anything to get what they want, including sacrificing our own planet. The author showcases this theme by presenting it throughout the description of the setting, the unveiling of the plot, and the development of the characters. The story takes…

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    Imagine living in a society where individualism wasn't an acceptable concept. Picture a world where “I” wasn't a state of mind. This is the theme of Ayn Rand's Anthem, a dystopian novel set in the distant future. “We learned that the earth is flat and the sun revolves around it, which causes the day and the night. We learned the names of all the winds which blow over the seas and push the sails of our great ships. We learned how to bleed men to cure them of all ailments.” (Rand 23). This quote…

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    people’s moralities, it also makes people greedy and self centered. The reader witnesses a situation such as this when Huck becomes part of the Grangerfords family, and learns about their feud with the Shepherdsons. After the scandal of one of the daughters of the family, Miss Sophia, running off with one of the sons of the Shepherdsons family, Huck witnessed the murder of Buck and another Grangerford boy. This makes Huck realize how cruel society and its people are. The reader reads about…

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    because they are giving this drug called Soma that allows them to feel no pain, guilt, or moral. This drug takes away the feelings a human should have. In conclusion, science has become a major part of this modern life. In Brave New World, Huxley predicts a world dominated by government and science and how the two aspects influence humanity. The use of technology has taken the place of humans in the roles that people hold. Machines can now do the biological, psychological and…

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    In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, one of the central ideas is the idea of eternal happiness. This is shown many times throughout the novel, and as the story progresses the idea goes from one that seems inherent to those inhabiting the world of the novel, to one that is clearly strictly enforced and required to keep. One time in which this requirement of happiness is shown is during John’s protest of the modern world and, particularly, of soma. When he begins throwing soma out of an open…

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    Brave New World Analysis

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    In the book Brave New World, there is a world where everything has become industrialized, including the people. To create an indestructible society, how people think and what they do is controlled before they even are born. I was disgusted when I read how babies are treated in this story to reach this goal of a rich society. Nobody in this story gets to decide their own future. They are all born in tubes and deprived of nutrients and oxygen until they are perfect or inhibited. As they grow into…

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