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Aldous Huxley explores a “utopian” society in the novel Brave New World. The characters are complex and explored from different points of views. Huxley’s life and influences on his life affected the ideas and themes of his most famous book. Through research of Huxley’s life and looking at John and Bernard from Brave New World, one can come to comprehend more about the book. The plot of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is carried by John’s isolation and his hatred of society because of his…

Even though Huxley wrote Brave New World more than 70 years ago, this does not mean that the information in it is no longer relevant. If anything, since it was written so long ago it would make it more relevant. This would make it more relevant because he writes about a dystopian future and at this time period, we are living in the dystopian future that Huxley talks about. Using Huxley’s book, we can tell different flaws in our society that were predicted. Some of the topics mentioned in the…

In the novel Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932, the author portrays a dystopian society that is built upon new reproductive technology, sleep-hypnotization, psychological manipulation, and conditioning. Huxley uses many different themes to show the ways of the people in this new society, and to show the reader the way these people truly think and feel. One of the most important themes of this novel is the misuse of technology and science and how harmful it can be…

There is often a moment in a piece of distinctive literature that becomes memorable. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, depicts a dystopian environment, a corrupt futuristic society that may be upon us, and the struggle that a character faces concerning the differences between him and those who attempt to control him. The novel educates readers on the power that society and the government possess. Brave New World focuses on control of the citizens by the government through a false sense of…

Aldous Huxley in his landmark dystopian novel, creates a far-reaching Montague of a dystopian society that reproduces perfect people though a hatchery that uses powerful technology that is taken way too far. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is widely corresponding to a brilliant array of new embryos from a technology-based future. His novel, took place in the year of A.F. 627 portraying abnormal reproduction through technology. This dystopian literature crystalizes perfect human beings that are…

Social Conditioning; Warning, We Have All Become Basic In this paper I will use Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World and Kirby Ferguson’s Everything Is A Remix, to argue that we are socially conditioned to like, think and believe certain things by our environment. And while that may be beneficial in certain circumstances, on a collective level it brings us down as individuals, and therefore as a society. We are resistant to change. We like comfort, and we can only be comfortable when…

"Community, Identity, and Stability”(Huxley 1), these words of Huxley's Brave New World perfectly describes the characteristics needed for an ideal society. However, this perception can change from one person to another. The Brave New World explores a ‘negative utopian civilization’ in which The natural processes of birth, emotions, and aging are prohibited and represent savagery in this world. It surrounds the idea of the advancement of subconscious conditioning, predetermining every aspect…

Through the use of Beatty’s speech in the science fiction novel “Fahrenheit 451”, Ray Bradbury solidifies his initial emotions towards society, referring to it as a wretched species whose self-interest; specifically, the urge to fill every part of its emotional spectrum in order to feel fulfilled and happy comes to it at a great cost, that cost being the progression of the species as a whole and the information gained from the development we achieve. As Beatty tells Montag “What's the point of…

Originally created to facilitate and improve the lives of humans, technology--through reshaping of social interactions--allows humans to communicate in a widespread, anonymous manner that both unites strangers while simultaneously depriving individuals of physical, and personal interactions. After observing technology’s presence in my daily events, social media evidently allows individuals to express their emotions, beliefs, and opinions without the essential underlying need to make it personal…

correct to sacrifice people’s needs for the wellbeing of the society? In both Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, and the article “Practice Babies” by NPR, society values their needs over the necessities of the individuals. In the novel, author Huxley shows through the dehumanising use of conditioning by the World State to override the individuality of citizens and to create their goal of consumerist society. In the article, writer NPR shows this through the inattention of universities to the…