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    The novel Brave New World was about a young man being introduced to a new society where his mother grew up. The novel gives readers the perspective of how the young man saw and thought of everything around him. Throughout the whole novel readers read about this society’s different ways of life. Without knowing it readers start to judge this societies way of life and start to compare it to their way of life in the present world. While both the novel Brave New World and the present world have different

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    In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the World Controller, Mustapha Mond, employs many techniques that work to provide for the happiness and stability of his society, including sedation, censorship, social engineering, and indoctrination. Whether or not this society is one we should strive for is often a point of contention, however, it is my belief that the world state presents a utopian civilization that comes at the expense of aspects of the human condition that are no longer important or necessary

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    In the novel, “Brave New World”, many works of literature deal with political or social issues by using literary elements to further explain the issues to the reader. The author, Aldous Huxley, contributes symbolism, diction, and imagery in the novel to portray a better understanding of the issues in their politics and society in the 1930’s. “Brave New World’ uses these literary devices to provide informational issues such as the moral and cultural decay during this time, the relationships, and the

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    controls the modern day society and the World State society in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Both worlds primarily revolve around money and the way it is spent. Absurd amounts of products are constantly being consumed. Although there are differences separating the two worlds, the constant consumerism in both the modern day world and the world state show that their societies are unsettling similar. Consumerism is what drives these two societies to succession. The World State and modern day society use

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    two novels depict life under a totalitarian regime especially through the lives of the protagonists, who become subversives in the system. Published over a decade apart, the two books examine totalitarianism through their contextual impacts. “Brave New World” scrutinizes the consumerist society that evolved following the Industrial Revolution through Huxley’s warnings against the excesses of Western society, with its consumerism and where technological advancements are becoming increasingly important

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    and Mr. Evans Brave New World Essay 9 February 2015 Finding Happiness in Society There would be no happiness in a world based on stability. It would be nice for a while, but the lives of people would not be lived fully. The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is based out of a dystopian world that controls society in order to gain social stability. Social stability does not supply happiness. This is presented through a globe mobile with some objects the world state bans. The world mobile symbolizes

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    “The secret to happiness is freedom...” (Thucydides). Now imagine being robbed of that freedom, can happiness still exist? The novel The Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley develops a plot that examines the role of freedom in association with fabricated happiness. The author highlights an image of what a “perfect society” should look like in order to govern what is believed to be conformity, and peace at the expense of an individual’s freedom. Therefore, Huxley displays a narrative of happiness

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    ‘Brave New World’ by Aldous Huxley is a science-fiction book in which people live in a future society and a place called the World State. In this book, Aldous Huxley used the definition of consumerism to describe the behaviors of the citizens of the World State. Various behaviors and conducts of the people of the World State were related to the act of consumerism and pursuing happiness from them. Generally, by consuming anything such as soma, people and knowledge, citizens of the World State sought

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    works of Authors such as George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, most famously known for their dystopian novels 1984 and Brave New World , which dive into completely opposite yet stunningly similar views of a utopia gone wrong. In each, citizens should strive for a certain “Identity”, one of patriotism and constant labour in 1984 and that of instant and constant gratification in Brave New World. In our 21st century society we are immersed in, the idea of these “ideal” identities seem foreign as they step

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    Tessa Braeuning Mrs.Gilbert Honors Brit Lit May 5, 2015 Brave New World Rough Draft In the novel, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, there is a new type of society that is a lot different from ours today. The people there aren’t naturally birthed by a man and a woman, they are created in a lab like a science experiment. The goal of this society was to keep everyone happy and have no one questioning the way the world was run. The leaders don't want corruption and wars so they condition them while

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