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    In Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, the social boundaries that we have today regarding sex does not exist, families are obsolete as citizens are made in Bokanovsky’s Process (one that does not require sex meaning, the need for parents is gone), and the government conditions their citizens from early ages to keep stability throughout its regime. Brave New World follows protagonist Bernard (and his hidden love for nature and struggle for freedom) through this society, revealing all of it’s glory

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    their peers do, not only would they be excluded from any social life but they would also feel very lonely. In the story Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, one could compare Bernard Marx to the lonely kid at school who feels isolated and criticized by his peers. Bernard 's physique and high level of status makes him feel so out of place and insecure. On Pg.67, Huxley describes him in a way that gives us an insight on how

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    has loose morals and people are promiscuous. In the novel Brave New World, that is not a problem because everyone belongs to everyone else. People are expected to be in many relationships with whomever they like. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, he includes the aspect that everyone belongs to everyone else. I believe he includes that due to the fact that it is very common to have sexual intercourse with anyone nowadays without the benefit of marriage. According to the novel, marriage

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    Annie Madden Mrs. Maya ERWC 18 December 2014 A Natural New World In Aldous Huxley’s, Brave New World, the main goal of the utopian society is to achieve a state of stability that allows the civilians to live “happily ever after.” Each person is conditioned into a certain class where they accept their assigned job. In the World State there is no such thing as family or any other relationships. The drug soma ensures that the only emotion the civilians feel is happiness. However, along with social

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    In Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”, the idea that a utopian society cannot exist without constant consumption is constantly juxtaposed. This reliance on consumption was created by weaning out the concepts of nature, religion, and self. The people of the “Brave New World” have no choice but to consume if they want to have any form of contentment with their lives. However, there is one character who is not content with consumption to see that the concept of consumption and utopia cannot go hand

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    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. The literary classic, Brave New World is considered to be in the literary period of Modernism. Modernism exploded in the 20th century with a transformation

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    Jayden Gibson Limon ERWC Period 5 3 March 2017 Brave New World Essay The novel Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley has been reviewed over time by many different people. Neil Postman is a man who has read Huxley’s novel and came to conclusions himself. Postman has made many relevant assertions as to how our modern society is similar to what Huxley had wrote about. Three main points I agree on with Postman is that people will begin to love their oppression, people would have no reason

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    In Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World, (titled after Miranda’s line in Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest) (Frey 1) everyone works together to keep the Fordian society, as a whole, together, no matter what the cost. Each society member makes many individual sacrifices and this allows them to live a seemingly happy life. The protagonist of the novel, later introduced as John the Savage, played the devil’s advocate to the people of London, trying to help them achieve a truly healthy life

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    Brave New World “And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue — liking what you 've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.” ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Huxley is an author who has focused on writing about issues which have both philosophical and ethical significance to the society. It is in most of his works that he writes about those differences between individual and society which lead

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    o read Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is to understand the fear for the future during the 1930’s. Widely considered ahead of its time, Brave New World is one of the most influential novels regarding the destructive outcome of genetic and public manipulation through regime control. The story contrasts two worlds: the traditional world where the “savages” reside and the new World State: a negative utopia where unrestrained sexual freedom, reproductive technology, and mind numbing drugs run rampant

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