The Power Of Words In Words And Behavior, By Aldous Huxley

In the world of sex, drugs, and baby cloning you are going to be in many situations where you feel like the world we live in should be different. In the story Brave New World, they had sex with multiple partners along with a very bad use of drugs.

Having been a somewhat of an outsider in his life, physically and mentally, Aldous Huxley used what others thought as his oddities to create complex works. His large stature and creative individuality is expressed in the characters of his novel, Brave New World. In crafting such characters as Lenina, John, Linda, Bernard, and Helmholtz, not to mention the entire world he created in the text itself, Huxley incorporated some of his humanities into those of his characters. Contrastly, he removed the same humanities from the society as a whole to seem perfect. This, the essence and value of being human, is the great meaning of Brave New World. The presence and lack of human nature in the novel exemplifies the words of literary theorist Edward Said: “Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home: its essential sadness can never be surmounted.” Huxley’s characters reflect the “rift” in their jarred reaction to new environments and lifestyles, as well as the remnant of individuality various characters maintain in a brave new world.

In Brave New World, author Aldous Huxley employs a variety of rhetorical strategies, including Aristotelian appeals, symbolism and figurative language to express that while extreme technological advancements may be innovative, it can lead to government totalitarianism, stripping free thought and self expression from a society.

I believe that Huxley uses diction and irony to show how dysfunctional the society was and how

In Brave New world, Aldous Huxley portrays a dystopian society that has lost all values and morals of today's civilization. There is also the social change occurring in the form of people beginning to talk more openly about subjects that have previously been kept behind closed doors. All of these political and social issues are shown by using imagery, metaphors, and symbolism to express Huxley’s tone toward how present-day society will become at the rate of the social and political change currently taking place in the world.

Aldous Huxley is the author of Brave New World and several different literary works. He was born into an aristocratic family in an English county called Surrey in 1894. Huxley probably received the best education a young writer could’ve gotten in England, attending Oxford University. In 1963, he died at the age of 69 in Los Angeles, California.

Aldous Huxley was born into a family of acclaimed scientists. His grandfather was Thomas Henry Huxley who is the most famous, controversial naturalist of his time, and with two brothers becoming eminent biologists, his family was no short of brilliance in the scientific field. Huxley himself was on the path to become a scientist until he contracted Keratitis Punctate and couldn’t properly conduct his experiments ("Aldous Huxley - Biography"). While his later writings may have not been as dry as a lab report, remnants of his scientific endeavors and influences are woven throughout. For example, Huxley writes, “preserving the excised ovary alive and actively developing; passed on to a consideration of optimum temperature, salinity, viscosity” (A. Huxley 5). His scientific knowledge that is woven into Brave New World creates a general image of the future, but in certain areas, such as the passage above, Aldous Huxley uses his scientific knowledge to create a dry diction that gives off a sense of fear and disgust in the rapid advancement of technology. Huxley’s diction of towering scientific terms brings many aspects of this society to life, such as when Huxley talks about genetic engineering and

This statement can be related to our society today. Soma, a drug that is excessively used in the novel, helps distract the people from the truth. In the novel, it states that anyone can "Take a holiday from reality whenever you like, and come back without so much as a headache or a mythology" (49). Soma lets people have pleasure without any consequence. This is very enticing to the world state citizens, and soma becomes more important than the truth about their society. As a matter of fact, the people are encouraged to stop caring. At one point in the novel, it says, “A gramme is better than a damn” (54). This quote means that a gramme of soma is better than caring about anything. This lets the truth about the government be masked by an irrelevant drug. Huxley successfully predicted drugs to be a powerful part of society. In an article by The Guardian, the author writes, “He foresaw the ubiquitous prevalence of drugs, both legal and illegal” (Dacre). In our society, drugs play a big part in suppressing citizens from revolting. For example, marijuana is being legalized more around America to satisfy the people and keep them from focusing on more important issues. It is true that the truth is being masked by irrelevant objects like

Aldous Huxley’s book, Brave New World, is a futuristic dystopian novel based upon science and technology. The society created in the work produces humans with specific qualities to make sure that everyone fits into the system. The overall happiness of the people is favored above the rights of the individual. “Universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning; truth and beauty can’t. And of course whenever the masses seized political power, then it was happiness rather than truth and beauty that mattered” (Huxley, 228). The women’s rights movement seeks the advancement of socialism and the expense of individual rights, just as the “Brave New World” described in Huxley 's book sacrifices the rights of man for the contentment of society.

Words can have a huge impact on people if they learn to use them correctly. In A Word for Everything written by Helen Keller she describes how words brought her joy to her and made her more eager to learn. Keller grew up blind, so the words affected her in a positive way. In the essay Homemade Education by Malcolm X, he talks about how words had a positive impact on his writing and speaking. The essay Coming to Language by Jimmy Santiago tells us how words gave him courage and confidence he needed to overcome his situation.

A perfect society is always an ideal dream of the human mind. Peace, love, and education are intertwining parts of a perfect society or, a utopia. This idea is not always the case in an imperfect world and is usually only a hopeful dream. These types of worlds can greatly be described in detail through the world of science fiction. Aldous Huxley was an English writer who lived during a time when war and chaos were engulfing the world. His works reflect his view and thoughts on a dystopia, which is a false utopia, and describes what could occur in possible governments of the world. The ability to understand and dive into the thoughts of the author is what makes world literature such an important aspect in literature. Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, depicts the horrors of a futuristic dystopia based on his society and significant aspects of his life, while leaving his mark on literature, as one of the most controversial and influential writers of the twentieth century.

Language can fill a story with vivid details and show emotion throughout words. The words we use make our imagination bigger and opens up a new experience. Only words can make us feel connect with other people. How we view words depends on how we think and express ourselves.

Words have powerful effect over everything. They can enhance your vocabulary, portray your feelings, and could even communicate with others. Words are used in everyday life, whether it’s in media or just talking to friends. Some terms have heavier meanings than others, while others impact us in some sort of way. For instance, Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne, was filled with intense and vivid words that helped illustrated her novel. Laybourne’s writing style helped brought the story to life with her words. In her futuristic novel, she used distinct terms that grabbed the reader’s attention. These words have powerful meanings that helped the reader to understand the characters’ situation better.

The flaws found in the world are what create the distinct characteristics that scatter the face of our planet. Today, in our world, there is no such thing as a perfect state in existence. In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley describes the World State as the perfect place to be, a dystopia where everyone is obliviously happy. Every member of the community is content with his or her position, no matter what their job is, because of the special conditioning revolving around the World State’s motto: “Community, Identity, Stability”. Balance within the World State is achieved through the sacrifice of the genuineness of the citizens, demonstrating the society’s value for stability and strong desire to maintain it, to the extent of living in entire falsehood.

Published in 1928 by Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point is a notch above in terms of its complexity and seriousness, compared to his earlier works. The title of the novel is written with interconnected stories, and continuous themes with differing perspectives, with no major characters or a one particular plot as such.