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Propaganda In Brave New World

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To be a leader means to be able to move masses” (Adolf Hitler), the quote epitomizes both the Nazi party in Germany and the World State in ‘Brave New World’, due to the fact that both exercised propaganda to gain dictatorship and control over their people. It is very easy for one man or society to dictate millions with the help of advanced technology and propaganda techniques, like card stacking, glittering generalities, . In World War ll, the venomous Adolf Hitler used modern technology to generate fear and distress to humanity. As a result, Hitler brainwashed his people of following his beliefs; which included racism, anti-Semitism, and anti-Bolshevism. In comparison to Hitler, the World State and Mustapha Mond use totalitarianism to manipulate …show more content…

In the novel ‘Brave New World’ by Aldous Huxley, card stacking propaganda technique is easily indicated. In the society of the World State, there is a caste system that consists of Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons. The Alpha’s are the highest caste, Betas, Gammas and Deltas ‘average,’ and Epsilons the lowest caste ( Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World.print). Alphas are the highest class because of their physical features-tall and beautiful and because they are destined to become leaders and thinkers of the World State(Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World.print). While Epsilons are the lowest caste because they are shorter, uglier and a labour workers for the World State. (Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World.print). “The liftman was a small simian creature, dressed in the black tunic of an Epsilon-Minus Semi-Moron.”, this quote compares Epsilons to animals making them less value to the state. In distinction, the Bokanovsky Process is the method that shocks an egg and divides it into ninety-six different embryos; it is used by the World State to create “perfect” identical human beings (Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World.print). So, although everyone is made from the same egg, making them all ‘perfect’ adults people are conditioned(classified) as a caste based upon what the World State wants them to be;making Alphas more of a superiority than the rest of the castes. ( Huxley, Aldous. Brave New

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