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The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley deals with the theme of fate vs free will . The author shows that it is only through struggle that one can find the meaning they search for. This idea is illustrated in Brave new world by Aldous Huxley through the settings, characters and symbols. The book takes place in a futuristic city filled with technological devices where the state controls the destiny of individuals,by stripping individuals of their identity. The characters John a…

favoring child-like actions and presenting them as a necessity for how to live and think. This demands women to inherit these traits over time (Wade). Throughout the novel, Huxley depicts a women of an old age being “[s]o fat...and all the lines on her face, the flabbiness, the wrinkles…” (Huxley) ugly and undesirable. The way Huxley describes the feeling of looking at a women with “...enormous breasts [and] bulge of the stomach...much worse than the old man…” is similar to how Western society…

“They [Incas] traveled with great pomp…. long poles of the finest wood and adorned with gold and silver….” (Strayer pg. 606). Pedro de Cieza de Léon praised the Incan empire. Even though Cieza came from the more "sophisticated" Spain. Why did Cieza publish his experiences in the Americas, on his return to "Spain in 1550" despite his "limited education" (Strayer pg. 605)? The Incan Empire ruled “2,500 miles along the Andes and contained 10 million subjects” (Strayer pg. 590). The Incas did not…

Isolation, Out casting and Obscuring the Truth Towards Those Who Are Considered Different or Gifted in a Normal Society "A Cage of Butterflies," written by Brian Caswell, tells a story of confinement, discrimination and obscuring the truth, as gifted people try to fit into “normal” society. The main characters, Greg and the others at the Think Tank, live in an isolated world that considers them as outcasts of humanity, affecting their lives currently and possibly in the future. This 'normal'…

ingrained this ability so deep into the human condition that they are oblivious to its very existence (Smith). Marston’s subconscious told him that the best way to achieve success was to project himself as a feminist; by doing so, Marston achieved a family life and found success in his professional career. Both of which are at the basis of mankind’s wants and desires. Marston was unaware of his façade and if he is unaware of its existence, he is incapable of knowing that there is…

The future is a frightening, but thrilling topic; seeing where we will go in our society and as a race is exhilarating. Our recent advancements have brought us closer than ever to a futuristic society similar to the one depicted in Brave New World. New ways to stimulate happiness, genetically engineer organisms, and transfer information to one another have dramatically changed the way we live. As similar to the society of Brave New World as we are, there are still key elements that separate us…

alcohol into his blood-surrogate. That’s why he’s so stunted” (Huxley, 46). Knowing that his peers find him to be odd, he feels estranged. He also knows enough to understand that the society he lives in is designed to prevent discomfort, so he feels the society of the World State is flawed and it must change. “The mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one, which increased the prejudice against him” (Huxley, 65). Bernard tries to fit in, but he is so…

Civilization Strips People In the novel, Brave New World, John’s morals are shifted when he is transplanted from his savage native state of New Mexico to the civilized state of London.Once the move is made, John begins to change. He seems to become more civilized as time passes, and he also seems to fall into the practices of the World State.These new surroundings shape John’s psychological and moral traits, they re-shape his understandings of love, life and human nature, this illuminates the…

My first example of Soma is still valuable today as many individuals continue to partake in substances in order to heighten their reality. Many drug users are users because they want to escape the downs of life. The downs of life come natural to all, we all have a different way of coping with these situations; however, I believe there are always a better outcome then substances. One key difference between our modern world and the society in Brave New World is our world does not set us up for…

In the film The New World you could clearly say that one could relate it to the writings of Captain John Smith since he is one of the main characters of the movie. Although I believe John Smith was portrayed less arrogantly in the movie than in his journals, we didn’t learn any new information about him in the film. Two major themes throughout the movie that connect with what we have been learning about in class are nature and the sense of community. The use of creating a sense of beauty was…