26 April 2006 Brave New World: Utopia? When one envisions a utopian society‚ religion‚ the prevailing presence of social class segregation‚ and abusive drug use are not typically part of such a surreal picture. These attributes of society‚ which are generally the leading causes of discontent among its members‚ are more so the flaws an idealist would stray from in concocting such hypothesis for a more "perfect" world; not so for Aldous Huxley. In his novel‚ Brave New World‚ these ideals are the
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1. Mother‚ monogamy‚ romance. High spurts the fountain; fierce and foamy the wild jet. The urge has but a single outlet. My love‚ my baby. No wonder those poor pre-moderns were mad and wicked and miserable. Their world didn’t allow them to take things easily‚ didn’t allow them to be sane‚ virtuous‚ happy. What with mothers and lovers‚ what with the prohibitions they were not conditioned to obey‚ what with the temptations and the lonely remorses‚ what with all the diseases and the endless isolating
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is a process whereby one hears a recording during the period of time when he/she is asleep and is able to repeat it word by word‚ as though memorised‚ the next day‚ without having to actually be conscious or awake while listening to it. In Brave New World‚ it is also described as ‘sleep-teaching’‚ and is focused on drilling moral values into the children’s minds. “You can’t learn a science unless you know what it’s all about‚” thus hypnopaedia is not used on intellectual education in this community
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Huxley’s Brave New World‚ one is immersed deeply into his idea of a perfect world dystopia. The reader is first introduced to the Hatchery and Conditioning centre‚ where the human embryo from birth is modified with biochemical engineering to fit the World State’s rigid caste system. Additionally‚ several of the upper caste characters are introduced and through their conversation one learns of the societal values of this dystopian state such as the emphasis on consumerism and the way the World State‚ the
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reason for them to work hard and drive forward the economy. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ the world is controlled by teaching the population their morals and dreams through sleep education; hypnopaedia. Although it creates a society that differs much from any current‚ is it possible that some features such as a lack of innovation‚ change of morals‚ and technology could change to such an extent that the world could change to look like BNW. Advancement and innovation are missing in BNW
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The Novel‚ “Brave New World‚” by Aldous Huxley demonstrated that in this new World State‚ Identity is lost. “Everyone belongs to everyone” is one saying that is repeated throughout the book by civilians who were taught this lesson when they were children through hypnopaedia. In this world‚ humans are created in a factory and given certain ingredients‚ so to say‚ to fashion them to fit into their group of the caste system used. There are five groups and each are represented by color and each group
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One may think that the society in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a gross representation of the future‚ but perhaps our society isn’t that much different. In his foreword to the novel Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley envisioned this statement when he wrote: "To make them love it is the task assigned‚ in present-day totalitarian states‚ to ministries of propaganda...." Thus‚ through hypnopaedic teaching (brainwashing)‚ mandatory attendance to community gatherings‚ and the use of drugs to control
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In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley freedom comes in many different forms. For many in this story‚ freedom is an inconceivable idea. Each moment in their life has been conditioned from birth to the exact specifications made by the rulers to ensure total and complete complacent happiness. This book however shows almost every side to this society. It shows the side of the successful‚ unhappy or not; the abandoned‚ one loving and one hating society; and the people in between. For each character comes
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Essay In the perfect society‚ man does not need to resort to drugs to keep society in balance. But in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ society is based on keeping everyone happy‚ and if for some reason someone becomes unhappy then there is always soma‚ the "perfect" drug. The entire society is based upon conditioned responses and predestination‚ where the individual does what is expected and does it well. The soma helps to keep the society moving‚ always working to keep production
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Theory Analysis- Marxism - Based on “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley In the story “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley‚ one can see that the author truly wishes his readers to analyze the book via the subsets of Marxism. The first and foremost rationale of the text lending itself to a Marxist analysis comes from the symbolism portrayed by the surname of the main character in the book. Bernard Marx seems to be such a unique and peculiar name that one can with certainty assume that there must be
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