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    Geography The Galapagos Islands are volcanic Islands that are situated on the equator as well as on both sides of the equator. They are 536 miles west of Ecuador. The Galapagos Islands are considered part of Ecuador. The Galapagos Islands consists of 18 main islands, 3 smaller islands and 107 rocks and inlets. The Islands are located on a tectonic plate which is moving east/southeast diving under the South American plate at a rate of about 2.5 inches per year. The Islands are on top of a place where

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    John The Savage Exile

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    John the Savage is an intriguing character to say the least, with an even more intriguing background. Son of the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning in a “new world” that he has only heard stories about, living on a secluded reservation that is unknown to the rest of the world, merely trying to fit in with the other natives. He’s been seen as an outcast practically since birth and doesn’t understand why. Once he is invited to the “new world”, he experiences exile and seems to enjoy it, until

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    Soma In Brave New World

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    In Brave New World, happiness is artificially brought about through pills of soma. Soma is a drug that allows all citizens to be controlled by the World State by altering their emotions and mindset to be happy all the time. In Brave New World, soma is described simply as "all of the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects" (Huxley, 1932/1998, page 54, para 2). In our world, people often turn to activities such as religion or alcohol to find happiness. Soma is used as a replacement

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    In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley added many key elements to his novel that enhanced the reading experience. One aspect where Huxley excelled was the use of motifs, spread across the text. A motif is considered a recurring object or idea that has symbolic significance in a book. Through its extensive repetition, motifs can help develop themes or mood. Examples of motifs in Brave New World are alienation and Shakespeare. Though those motifs have major importance to the development of the story, the

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    Lauren Wadas Ms. Petersen, AP Lit 2017 Exile in a Brave New World, As Expressed by Brave New World 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

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    Brave New World George Santayana once said, “Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination.” In life, there is no such thing as a “complete utopia”, although that is what many people try to achieve. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is an attempt at a utopian society. In this brave new world, mothers and fathers and family are non-existent. Besides being non-existent, when words of that sort are mentioned, ears are covered and faces of disgust are made. In a report to the

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    Brave New World has been relevant to moral society ever since it was first published in 1932. From genetic engineering to class struggles, Brave New World examines a future where embryos are chemically treated to ensure they fit in a class, and then babies are hypnotized into believing governmental doctrines as pure truth. The use of Soma, a narcotic used as an instant anti-depressant, casts a worrying shadow on the chemical treatment of clinical depression to an extent. These are ideas that have

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    Island Shape

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    shape is the island/country? How big is it? The shape of the island is a circle ish shape being medium to large in size. The island is located in the Pacific Ocean, close to Hawaii. Are there lots of sandy beaches? Forest or jungles? Villages, towns, or developed cities? What parts of the island (if any) are developed, and what parts (if any) are left untouched? There are sandy beaches around the perimeter of the island. Multiple patches of thick jungles are scattered among the island. There are

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    The Island Research Paper

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    The Island. It didn’t have a name, really. Oh, it probably did have a name on maps and charts and the like, but to the people who called it home it was just “The Island”. Located somewhere among the Islands that made up the nation of Kiribati, in the South Pacific Ocean, The Island was geographically only a few hundred nautical miles south of the equator. The nearest substantial landmass was Papua New Guinea, but if you wanted real civilisation, then your best bet was Australia. The Island was…unique

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    Huxley’s style contains long descriptive passages over short statements. His syntax style fits into the setting just like how his diction does. As a result, his statements often include scientific reports, which also go with the setting at stated previously. The very formal report style passages are complex and both add to the tone and mood. This is because it is a highly advanced technological world. The syntax found in Brave New World includes anaphoric sentences. For instance, “He had been prepared

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