The Invention of Solitude

Self-Conditioning Brave New World was written by Aldous Huxley in 1932 and expresses his ideas of the world 600 years from the invention of the first automobile. It explains how people are not naturally born, but put in a lab and given specific treatment depending on the class the controller, want them to become. They are conditioned to like and dislike certain things and given drugs everyday that eventually kill them. Huxley introduces John or, as he is often called, the savage. John was…

Secondly, Equality is able to reach his highest potential during his seclusion in the tunnel. Once Equality created his invention, “[he brings] it forth from the night of the ages. [Him] alone,” with his own mind and hands only (Rand 20). He is capable of creating an advancement that his society lacked completely on his own, and although his society rejects his ideas, they…

book about a man who ran away from childhood problems and decided to walk into the wilderness by himself after getting rid of all of his materialistic items including his car and money, and Walden, a book about a man who fled towards simplicity and solitude to understand what life was really about, are two incredible books. The stories are timeless and will likely still be talked about in fifty years. The protagonists, Thoreau and Chris, shared many similarities and differences. One big…

and makes the wrong choice regarding its existence, then he alone becomes responsible for the fate of society in the creature’s hands. Shelley’s novel is more than a commentary on the need for social responsibility from scientists regarding their inventions—it serves as a dissuasion from the pursuit of science independently, where neither morals nor ethics can be enforced or monitored. Humans, with their endless biases and personal flaws, cannot be expected to uphold society’s morals and ethics…

dream. Penn depicts this through the contrast of the nature of Chris’ journey compared to that of the normal American pursuing the Dream. This can be seen through Chris’ conversation with Mr. Franz: “Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.”, Penn shows Chris’ constant rejection of material fulfilment, in this case a career, to criticise the materialistic nature of the Dream and show its almost unavoidable presence in the pursuit of…

In Rand’s diction on what the collectivist society’s rules are: “It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and put them down upon a paper no others are to see. It is base and evil.”(Rand, 1995 p.17) Equality knows what he is doing is wrong, but continues to write since he is an outbreak who wants to find out answers because of having a more curious mind than all his brothers. Writing brings Equality happiness and will allow him to have memories to look back upon when…

social. Eventually, people will keep avoiding social situations and this will make them antisocial. News17 seems to also completely agree on this issue. In one article they point out that “Today, whenever there’s a lull in conversation or a moment of solitude, people whip out their phones to check their emails, texts, snapchat messages, and facebook feeds” (1). This quote basically sums up our generation and how it has succumbed to the power of technology. Instead of making small talk, we check…

Most weekends, I rode bright and early into the mountains, without returning until near dark. Being in the complete solitude of nature with my horse became a favorite pastime for me. Yet now, after moving and leaving my companion behind, I rarely experience that isolation and peace. However, despite feeling so secluded in the mountains, I remained surrounded by traces of man’s inventions. My saddle and other riding gear, along with occasional metal scraps, overpasses, and cattle with tags in…

“…Thamus believed proper instruction and real knowledge must be communicated. Print stresses individualized learning, competition, and personal autonomy. Over four centuries, teachers, while emphasizing print, have allowed orality its place in the classroom, and have therefore achieved a kind of pedagogical peace between these two forms of learning, so that what is valuable in each can be maximized. Now comes the computer, carrying anew the banner of private learning and individual…

Technology shapes the world. Phones, tablets, computers and a myriad of other gadgets litter every home. Social media connects people living in different parts of the world to each other. Information is readily available through the internet and can enhance knowledge on anything interesting. Recent technological advances have changed the world and the future of the tech world looks bright. George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, provides a chilling glimpse into a world where technology is used to…