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    Aldous Huxley successfully shows the contrasting values of two different societies. He creates the Savage’s character in order to reveal how a more traditional society and a New World society treat an outcast. John’s actions and decisions make an impact towards the citizens of both societies. This will ultimately lead to both assumptions and morals of each society. Through John’s alienation Huxley displays the dehumanization that occurs in a “civilized” and ‘uncivilized” society. Huxley uses…

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    “We also predestine and condition. We decant our babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers or future.”(Huxley pg.11) In A Brave New World, hypnopeadia is used to condition the minds of its citizens. During this process they develop identical fears in each infant and they grow up to stay away from them. They recite the same morals and beliefs to ensure a stable…

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    The first thing that I noticed when I opened Brave New World and began reading was that Aldous Huxley has a very extensive vocabulary when he would say things like, “Wintriness responded to wintriness” (Huxley, p.3). I had absolutely no idea what that meant until I looked it up. This fact made the book seem like I was reading another one of those horrid books that you are forced to read in school that no one, except the teacher, understands. Despite that fact I kept reading, because this is for…

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    Mrs. Burrows ENG 4U-41 Chelsea Poshni Wednesday July 29th 2015 Ultimate Destruction of the Brave New World In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley tries to input the belief that every single invention or improvement is for the betterment of mankind and is only an instrument for ultimate destruction. “We are,” he said, “on the horns of an ethical dilemma and to find the middle way will require all out intelligence and all out good will.” Not only in the book, but in real life aswell, one…

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    Mustapha Mond: An Analysis

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    As stated in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley by the Controller of the world they live in, Mustapha Mond, there is a “ʻprice to pay for stability’” (199). Though the people in the Society believe they are living shining lives, living life as they are meant to as they come from batches in labs and grow up being trained to like and dislike certain things so that when they are older, it will help them in their job. They have lessons put into their minds on recordings while they sleep. They are not…

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    elements that Huxley uses to describe the government control over the citizens by brainwashing and drug dependency are precise diction, vivid imagery, and figurative language. He then uses these devices to show the moral and cultural decay in the New World. The theme of Brave New World is the pursuit of happiness through extreme ideals and use of drugs which helps play a factor in aiding the reader to understand what social issues are occurring throughout the novel. In the novel, Huxley uses…

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    but those that come after them. The government has raised taxes so high, that families all must live together. In the family displayed in the story, 11 couples in the family live in one cramped apartment owned by the patriarch of the family, who is 175 years old. They all use a substance called anti-gerasone, which stops the aging process. The society is overcrowded, so not only can people not afford to live away from family because of the government’s heavy taxation, there is no where available…

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    The society of modern era is surrounded by alienation: nobody has a touch of communication in actual existence. All of them square measure alienated from one another and have lost the values of their culture. Alienation will be a sophisticated, still common condition. It's every scientific discipline and psychological and will have a sway on your health and irritate existing medical conditions. The researcher focuses on one among the various British commentators in this research, the most…

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    Compare living in a utopian society as Huxley described it in the World State with life where drugs are part of their everyday life which controlled your emotions and freedoms. Aldous Huxley play’s with the idea of a dramatically dystopian society where drugs greatly inspired by government to hold control over person destiny. Brave New World was written by Aldous Huxley in 1932. The novel takes place in a dystopian world, in and around the London area. The general argument made by the Huxley’s…

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    INTRODUCTION What is a utopia? A utopia is “an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect” (Merriam Webster ). It is human nature to desire and dream of living in such a place, where everything is in perfect order with abundant food resources, companions, and equality. Yet, it is also human nature to become self-centered and covetous, which corrupts our minds and leads us to chaos. On this account, achieving a utopic society in the real world is hardly…

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