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In the novel “Brave New World” the Aldous Huxley talks about a future of complete happiness. Today people can see similarities between the novel and the world today. A few of the similarities are the few on life and death, the use of drugs, and also self pleasure are three things in the novel that is similar to the world of the day. Huxley wrote a novel based on things that were happening during the time he lived that would affect how people lived in the future. The comparison of the world…

A lot of people travel to New York and Florida personally; I travel to New York a lot because that's where I am originally from. I love traveling back and forward to New York and Florida and seeing the difference between the states. The weather, the fashion and the lifestyle are totally different when going from Florida to New York. I love the difference that we have from New York, I learn something new every time. People ask me all the time would I move back to New York and my answer will…

There are many parallels drawn between our present day society and the society portrayed in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. The World State is portrayed as being extremely organized and structured due to the way that the government regulates and controls every aspect of it. However, their society is completely centered around efficiency of production and the consumption of the services being provided. In Neil Postman’s article, he states that our society has a striking similarity to that of…

The novel Brave New World shows that in order for a utopian society to achieve a state of stability, a loss of individuality, and the undoings of Mother Nature must occur. That being said successfully engineering these conditions produces a world of hope where the people are finally living a "happily ever after", but at a great cost. Community, Identity, and Stability is part of the conditions that plays a major role in the novel Brave New World. Community did not have the meaning that we…

Everyone and everything is completely controlled. This scenario replicates the World State. The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley centers around the unattainable idea of a utopia; however, the society described better reflects a dystopia and was written to convey a warning message to the readers in 1932 and future audiences. First, The World State, the functional society in Brave New World, seems Utopian in theory, but its overarching plan for moral, social, and cultural improvement…

New Haven is a city in Connecticut, it’s a city that is notable because it has undergone a lot of changes. It does not offer images of a glamorous or lavish lifestyle other major US cities such as Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles, and it doesn’t offer the dream of someone coming into this city and having it change your whole life. However, it does offer the idea of an American Dream, the city is depicted as one where there are houses and having sophisticated and modern infrastructures. Its history…

first visit to The Museum Of The City Of New York, a small museum dedicated to the history of NYC that includes a variety of exhibits. If you’re an out of town visitor with a taste for the history of the “Concrete Jungle” this is just the attraction for you. You’ll find that your experience here is not only educating but it’s very welcoming. As an individual migrating from the Dominican Republic this experience better helped me get a more intimate New Yorker experience. Upon purchasing…

and we have our own views of them. But as civilians, we only see the what is attractive to us such as, building, parks, and the attractions of the city, but we never think deeply enough to see the reality. Richard Florida, the author of the book The New Urban Crisis, is a researcher and expert in cities. He identifies inequality, segregation, and high costs of living as challenges confronting today’s cities. Florida applies the sociological imagination to break down these factors. His purpose…

Brave New World, known to be one of Aldous Huxley's works, is a dystopian novel that's focused around a dull, futuristic society. The novel enhances genetically engineered people and subliminal messages set into people to divide people into different castes. In this world, the castes are divided into Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, where the lower castes are modified to be more deformed and less intelligent. In this sense, the people are normalized into believing that things are…

In Brave New World, author Aldous Huxley describes a drug called soma. Soma is taken by the majority of the World State’s population. This drug is often taken when someone is dealing with something “unpleasant”; it helps to relax them and keep them “happy”. However, soma has a dark side to it. The World State uses the soma to control the citizens by keeping them oblivious to the harsh reality of their world. Our entertainment is like soma’s effect on the citizens of Huxley’s Brave New World; it…