Julian Huxley

judged, exposed, laughed at, and made fun of is something no one would ever wish upon themselves. In this novel, Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley there is a solution for it all. Characters in this story do not experience the pains and the hard truths that most humans have to endure with the use of one small, powerful drug called soma. Aldous Huxley uses soma as a symbol of uniformity and complete control over all users in the World State. Uniformity can be good if one is looking for…

In Aldous Huxley novel “Brave New World” there is a sense of stability that the society has. Due to technology, there is no such need for individuality , personal freedom and other freedoms we have as humans beings.They’ve created a world where there is no taste of independence, but rather a sense of unity and belonging that everyone desires, to fit in and to be blooming with happiness. Belonging to one another and to enjoy life doesn 't seem so bad. Huxley manage to give us a taste of what the…

of their works is in their effects: the machines, though owning operative differences, are still fed a social body which, borne among hot coals and heat, are changed- dehumanized. These very means must nevertheless be essayed. In Brave New World, Huxley suggests genetic engineering as his mode of human manufacture. The populations of the World State are concocted, the result being a completely predictable social body which, artificially conditioned from early on, and saved from the chances of…

The Journey of Tragedies, Substance Abuse and Illness At times, the worst place one can be is in their own head. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the story was based on the opinion of how Huxley predicted the future was going to turn out. Everyone is living under the World State which is a government who controls the society through their commands as the society seems stable and peaceful where everyone seems happy, but it is a total mess. Sexual reproduction is uncommon as children are…

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…

The Adequate Response “From a psychological point of view, the imagination of disaster does not greatly differ from one period in history to another. – from a political and moral point of view it does.” – Susan Sontag The Imagination of Disaster (1965) For the subjective good or bad of society, the science fiction genre has the ability to target specific societal problems and use social psychology to attempt to appeal an audience’s response or change. Neill Blomkamp District 9 (2009) and…

In many cases, knowing about something can make life a little better, however knowing, can also make someone's life turn upside down. In the texts “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes and the biblical story “The Garden of Eden” the author shows that people who are not as intelligent as most, such as Charlie, Adam, and Eve, lived happier when they did not notice the troubles of the world. These texts portray the theme of ignorance is bliss, meaning not knowing about it leads to not worrying…

Dystopia in Utopia The word “utopia” descended from a Greek word meaning “no place” and today is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “an imagined or hypothetical place, system, or state of existence in which everything is perfect, especially in respect of social structure, laws and politics” (). Both Francois Rabelais and Thomas More describes the utopic world to depict the ideal human society, however, both describes a society in which dystopian features are extremely emphasized to the…

Although they bear some superficial similarities, the differences between The Big Trip Up Yonder and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut are clear. They display disparate themes but use the setting of a futuristic society to show flaws in varying ideas of perfection. The society in Harrison Bergeron shows a “perfect” society through the concept of everyone being equal while The Big Trip Up Yonder shows the idea of living forever. Both of these stories show a possible outcome for popularly…

Have you ever wanted to live in a world the could be considered “perfect” or made up your own little world in you head in which everyone is the same, hunger is never an issue, equality exists, no crimes, or conflicts, and best of all, no bad memories? In Lois Lowry's book, The Giver, Jonas and his family, along with the rest of their community, they live in a utopia like society where everyone has the same rules, there are no important choices they have to make, there’s no war, pain or conflict,…