Thomas Henry Huxley

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…

In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the motto of the World State is ‘Community, Identity and Stability’. This utopia desires to be a world where pain and suffering are eliminated for all citizens, but pleasure is perpetual. Consequently, this unknowingly ceases the freedom of the citizens of the World State. Ultimately, citizens of Brave New World’s society are in a constant state of imprisonment due to their inability to feel unhappy. Brave New World focuses on how happiness and truth cannot…

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…

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,…

The Novels a House of Mr. Biswas and Things Fall Apart, both examine the concept of Individualization in direct conflict to their each respective societies. A House for Mr. Biswas, by V.S. Naipaul focuses more on the adaptation to society, whereas Things Fall apart, by Chinua Achebe, focuses on the destruction of oneself door to Society Clash. Both the Novels, have similar themes, though the techniques used to portray it to the readers differ. The Novel, Things Fall Apart published in 1958, by…

The society of modern era is surrounded by alienation: nobody has a touch of communication in actual existence. All of them square measure alienated from one another and have lost the values of their culture. Alienation will be a sophisticated, still common condition. It's every scientific discipline and psychological and will have a sway on your health and irritate existing medical conditions. The researcher focuses on one among the various British commentators in this research, the most…

In this satire novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses literary devices such as, imagery and symbolism to tell of the explicit activities that go on in the society of the 1930s and to warn society of where the world may end up if people continue to live corrupt lives. During this time period, people appeared innocent on the surface, but with a closer look, it is clear that people weren’t as innocent as they seemed. Behind closed doors people lived corrupt lives. Brave New World does a great…

The psychological phenomenon known as the “Bystander Effect” occurs when “the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation. (“Bystander Effect.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers). The Handmaid’s Tale, written by Margaret Atwood, is a brilliant novel that discusses the future society of the Republic of Gilead. The Handmaid’s have been assigned to married couples who are having troubles reproducing due to fertility issues. In Gilead, the women are…