Thomas Henry Huxley

new world the individual does not exist, John's decision to commit suicide allows him to take complete control of his individuality. The DHC explains it best when he expresses that " murder only kills the individual - what is an individual anyway?"(Huxley 148). However, John's demise is not created in the Predestination Room; rather, by his own hand. John's suicide should be viewed as an act of defiance-it is the only way out of the new world that leaves the audience with a shred of hope. John…

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…

In the novel, Brave New World, a specific character by the name of Bernard Marx is portrayed with the characterization of Bernard's anti-heroism and dynamic growth. For instance “Bernards physique was hardly than that of an average gamma. He stood eight centimeters short of the standard Alpha height and was slender in proportion. Contact with his members of the lower castes always reminded him painfully of this physical inadequacy” (64). Bernard’s mentality haunts him for the rest of the book,…

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…

Our Modern Day Soma 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…

happiness through drugs and constant entertainment. Huxley’s novel partially takes inspiration by current events (pre world war two) and problems, but, also satirizes of Plato’s Republic. The similarities between the two are obvious, the difference is Huxley over-exaggerates…

wealth, and technological growth and improvement. All the people in this strange world are not bothered with themselves individually but have in fact been conditioned to see their world as a single whole collective class of people. In his novel, Aldous Huxley, provides insight on how technology can control society through the reproductive restrictions, mindless entertainment machines and the soma drug use. One view of control that is portrayed throughout the book is the management of birth and…

totalitarian government, in many ways, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World has become our world. Although Geroge Orwell’s 1984 is often the dystopian society we have all feared, it is Huxley’s vision that illustrates much of our current reality. Although Huxley wrote Brave New World in the 1930s, it is hauntingly relevant in today’s world of smartphones and constant distractions. Huxley’s vision of the future is profound because it is so familiar to our own present. In 1985, Neil Postman argued in…

The Benefits of Solitude Solitude can be seen as a negative state; inferior to the state of being with others. While this may be true (in some cases and at some times), it is not always necessarily so. Solitude can allow one time to regroup, time to reflect and recharge. Solitude is a necessary part of life that carries benefits such as allowing one to heal from trauma. For instance, if someone is enduring grief and tries to just put it out of their mind; it will inevitably keep coming up until…

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…