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“The plant, or the intoxicating juice of the plant, used in ancient Indian religious ceremonies. Inevitably, given the Indian tradition, the plant and its juice were personified as a god, Soma” (SOMA). In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Soma is a huge symbol used throughout the story that shapes the characters and the work as a whole. Everyone in the World State does soma, Lenina and Bernard take it with their coffee before they go out, and at the event there is soma ice cream bars “The

Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Godalming, Surrey, England. He was a prestigious philosopher and author that wrote dozens of works, but he is best known for his novel Brave New World (1932). The Huxley family name was recognized as most of his family had gone on to become acclaimed scientists. Aldous Huxley actually began life dreaming of following in his family’s footsteps and becoming a man of the sciences, but after keratitis left him partially blind, Huxley had to change his

The Brave New World society is filled with extremely happy people who know nothing. They live in a dystopian world, where there are no meaningful relationships or significance to their lives, but they do not know that. All they know is that they are happy. However, there is one character, John, who does know the truth, but he does not know happiness. When this character enters society, he knows nothing about, and is extremely excited to be apart of it, however the more he learns, the worse he feels

One of the most interesting fictional thought created in the novel, is the process of cloning people. In the perspective of Aldous Huxley, he believes that the world would be better off without the process of growth. Therefore, he created a technique (Bokanovsky’s Process) that would fasten the advancement of growth and bring sophisticated people into its society. As a reader, I noticed how Huxley symbolized social stability as the Bokanovsky’s Process. The author utilizes symbolism when the Bokanovsky’s

Utopia which written by Thomas More is a story that can only be applied as an imagination. More uses more than a half space of the book for discussing how a perfect world looks like because he wants to provide all the details of a prefect kingdom for readers to create their imagination. He also tries to have readers to ponder the differences between the imaginal world: Utopia, and the real world. This is a reflection of More’s value. He sees the weakness of the society, and also predicts the future

Hawaiians have experienced difficulty with understanding their identity since the arrival of the first haoles. Since then, with the promise of labor and tropical paradise, people of all different races and cultures have flocked to the islands. Before the arrival, the language, beliefs, and traditions that solidified their culture had already been established and practiced solely by the Hawaiian people for generations. Yet through years of interracial marriages, Hawaii has become home to many hapa

A “utopia is that which is in contradiction with reality,” said the famous French novelist Albert Camus in his collection of essays, Between Hell and Reason. History shows us that seemingly exemplary ideals in practice have led to the collapse of societies. Just examine the two most prominent attempts at a utopia: Hitler’s attempt to socialize all of Europe and create the “perfect” Aryan race coupled with Karl Marx’s beliefs to instate communism into society. The final result was the destruction

Throughout the book, A Brave New World, Aldous Huxley predicts a world with citizens that are addicted to a government-endorsed drug. Growing up in 1894 England, Huxley had seen the industrial revolution and changing drug epidemics. Both of these themes are prevalent in his book. A Brave New World predicts a world that is drug reliant and society today is reflecting the same theme. Analytical Portion: Due to the government-issued drug of soma, the World State’s citizens are happily unaware and

In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the use of drugs has a major impact as to how society will function in the future. Huxley’s vision for the future is very similar as to how the world is run today. By creating the idea of soma, a drug that is regulated by the government and given to every person in the World State, Huxley is constructing a society that is dependent upon narcotics that aim to achieve peace and happiness among all working classes. Huxley’s attempt to predict the distribution of drugs

Distortion in Brave New World   Distortion is an image of a thought or idea that appears to have a single affect on a society, but in actuality provides one that is totally different. Often times in order for readers to understand the realism of today's society and the point that the author tries to make in presenting its flaws, the writer must distort reality. In doing this he urges the reader to engage in a deep thought process that forces them to realize the reality of a situation, rather