Brave New World Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwells's Nineteen Eighty-four are the most influential futuristic novels of the 20th century (Firchow 83). ... In his forward to the 1946 edition of Brave New World, Mr. ... This love of servitude is the stability of Brave New World. ... The essay Brave New World Revisited was written by Aldous Huxley in 1958- twenty- seven years after the publication of Brave New World. ... In Brave New World Revisited he describes himself as less optimistic than he was when writing Brave New World in 1931. ...

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In Huxley's Brave New World and Orwell's 1984, the authors portray a controlling government in order to exemplify the theme of the sacrifice of freedom in order to achieve a stable society. ... In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley explores this social conditioning in the opening chapters. ... Personal choices and emotions are a sacrifice for the stability of the brave new world. ... In Brave New World, Huxley uses the analogy of an iceberg. ... This pyramid parallels the iceberg system in the brave new world. ...

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In the novel Brave New World and the short story The Lottery, we see that masses follow currents that are not based on real needs or a good logic, but ones that are based on traditions. ... In BNW, this is brought to us by a reflected image of our reality through an utopia world. ... It is quite the same in Brave New World. ... On this level, there is a difference with Brave New World because the life of each individual living in the utopia is totally meaningless. ... From these observations, we can conclude that Brave New World and The Lottery have a common theme: the blindness of the mass. ...

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In the novel entitled Brave New World by Aldous Huxley one of the main themes is the inability of science to shut down or eliminate deep-seated human needs. ... These three characters stand out in the novel due to the fact that they do not quite fit in with the ordinariness which is the Brave New World. ... Prompted by ulterior motives, he is instrumental in transporting the Savage and Linda to the new world. ... He feels that there is more to life than the life that exists within the Brave New World. ... She gets lost on a visit to a reservation with the D.H.C. and is stranded there until Ma...

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Two main themes in Brave New World are Community, Identity, Stability verses individual freedom and the cost of such a system is high. ... Separating all embryos into five groups before they are even "born" forms the caste system that separates superiors and inferiors in this new world. ... We can make a new one with the greatest ease- as many as we like. ... The other theme of Brave New World is the cost of such a system is high. ... Both of these themes show that the World state is a totalitarian government....

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This scenario replicates the World State. The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley centers around the unattainable idea of a utopia; however, the society described better reflects a dystopia and was written to convey a warning message to the readers in 1932 and future audiences. The World State, the functional society in Brave New World, seems Utopian in theory, but its overarching plan for moral, social, and cultural improvement actually results in dystopian themes such as loss of individuality and brainwashing. ... This is shown by the fresh, outside perspective of John the savage when ...

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Aldous Huxley chooses to include references to the literary works of Shakespeare many places in his novel Brave New World. ... "O brave new world O brave new world that has such people in it ,"" (139) John cries out in excitement at the thought of leaving the reservation. ... He cries out to the people with Miranda's mantra echoing in his mind "O brave new world how beauteous mankind is!... Love, death, family, and passion are major themes in his plays, every one of these removed from the minds of the World State citizens. ... Pointed out by John as he journeys through his three conno...

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Dystopian themes can be found throughout the novels 1984 and Brave New World; although written by different authors, they have a similar central ideal. ... One dystopian theme that can be found in the novels 1984 and Brave New World is psychological manipulation. ... The psychological manipulation theme is also rather prominent in Huxley's Brave New World. ... In Brave New World the government is maintained through the happiness of people. ... The Party controls every single aspect of life, such as in Brave New World. ...

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In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley portrays a utopian society that supports conformity. ... No one who lives in the world state tries to go against the officials and raise new ideas. ... The conformity in Brave New World makes it difficult for the characters to be unique. ... Children are therefore bred to work and associate only with people in their caste; they can never be corrupted by parents who might pass on views that are counter to the ethics of production and consumption.(65) Anderson 3 Life in Brave New World is merely a reflection of everyone else's. ... Consequ...

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This is the type of society Aldous Huxley created in his novel the Brave New World. ... This is playing God with everyone's lives in the Brave new world. ... This is also a prominent theme in the brave new world it shows how that through the certain condition they get that there will never be depth of feeling, no ferment of ideas, and no artistic creativity. ... This idea is reflected in the Brave New World. ... This is essentially what Brave New World portrays. ...

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MacLeod1 Brave New World Literary Essay Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a futuristic story of a dystopian society that has rid itself of instability through science and politics, as well as the sacrifice of certain cultural values. ... The theme of progress is one fundamental basis of the new culture. ... MacLeod5 The religious theme is formed through the comparison of the character John's civilization and the brave new world. ... The secularism of the new world is depicted contemptuously. ... The new world is based on a utopian philosophy. ...

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The world in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" has one goal: technological progress. ... The most prevalent themes in Brave New World are centered around the industrial and economic systems in novel, and how technology has brought the advancements of these themes to fruition. ... This transition -as Postman puts it the transition of a Technocracy to a Technopoly- is the transition that has taken place in Brave New World. ... "Technopoly eliminates alternatives to itself in precisely the way Aldous Huxley outlines in Brave New World. ... "The citizens of a technocracy knew that science and...

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Art, literature and music not only intrigue and inspire me, but also despite all of the thought provoking choices at hand, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, has had the greatest affect on my opinion of the world. ... After reading Brave New World, I was not only rudely awakened by the lifestyles of this race, but also shown what is truly important. With cloning being one of the new discoveries in today's society, I can see how mankind could become a sea of walking machines, easily compared to those in Brave New World. ... In reading Brave New World, I have come to realize the signific...

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Throughout Brave New World, the author, Alduous Huxley, demonstrates the theme of technology being used to replace humanity. ... The first symbol demonstrating the theme is the mind altering Soma. ... Another symbol illustrating the theme is the fertilization process. ... (Pg 90) The visionary behind the assembly line has become the new Jesus. ... One theme Alduous Huxley displays in Brave New World is Technology replacing humanity. ...

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Brave New World is set six hundred years in the future, approximatley at A.F. 632. ... Brave New World takes place at the Central London Hatchery and Condidtioning Center, a production factory for human beings. ... I believe that the major theme of this book is, "Individualism." ... Brave New World is set six hundred years into the future. The world has submitted to domination by world controllers, whose primary goal is to ensure the stability and happiness of the society. ...

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Brave New World 1. ... THE END 4.If there is a theme, what is it? In Huxley's own, words, the theme of Brave New World is the use of advanced technology and science and it's effects on humans. ... I think that the novel Brave New World would make a great movie. ... I asked the clerk about a couple of the books, out of all of them she recommended Brave New World. ...

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Brave New World is an apocalyptic novel, which attempts to predict and define the future. Although it predicts somewhat of an unrealistic world, in some ways it correctly portrays the modern society. ... The characters stay youthful The recent craze for the "forever young" has captured the world. ... Another prevalent theme in the novel is easy expectancy. ... In modernity, the society does need to avoid the tragic ending of the Brave New World "s prediction. ...

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In both "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley and "Anthem," by Ayn Rand, it is continually shown how the futuristic absolute authoritarian societies are corrupted. ... John the Savage, the protagonist in "Brave New World," is a character that doesn't fit in right from the beginning. ... The society pictured in "Brave New World" is simply an extreme exaggeration of our society today. ... Much like our own society, the society in Brave New World is based on consumerism, and it prospers due to its people continually buying and discovering new products. ... Both "Brave New World" and "Anthem" a...

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Bernard becomes popular because of John Savage, who fascinates the inhabitants of Brave New World. ... She illustrates the ideal woman in Brave New World. ... He has grown up ouside Brave New World in a Reservation. John the Savage is an outsider both on the Reservation - where the ignorant natives still practise marriage, natural birth, family life and religion - and the civilised Brave New World. ... He is an intelligent and intellectual defender of Brave New Worlds princibles: Community, Identity, Stability. ...

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Aldous Huxley's prophecies of the future and the dangerous roles that scientific development would possibly play come through loud and clear in Brave New World. ... In Brave New World, a society is introduced in which each person is genetically created, and all emotions are controlled by the powers at hand. ... The theme of Brave New World is not one that requires much introduction. The novel is a theory that scientific development will lead to a perfect world in which there is no freedom. ... For instance, George Orwell's 1984 depicts tyranny, dystopia, and other radical forms of go...

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Brave New World- Lenina Crowne (Major) Lenina is a very pretty girl that works in the hatchery. ... Like all well conditioned citizens of the World State, Lenina believes in having sex whenever she wants. ... Brave New World- Aldous Huxley, 1932 The novel opens with the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning explaining that this Utopia breeds people to order, artificially fertilizing a mother's egg to create babies that grow in bottles. ... In the Utopian world, humans are no longer humans but machines, they perform their functions in life and never question or think. ... This theme ...

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Comparison Between Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 For more than half a century science fiction writers have thrilled and challenged readers with visions of the future and future worlds. ... Aldous Huxley also uses the concept of society out of control in his science fiction novel Brave New World. Written late in his career, Brave New World also deals with man in a changed society. ... But one theme that both Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 use in common is the theme of individual discovery by refusing to accept a passive approach to life, and refusing to conform. ... She is almost ad...

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While so many were watching 1984 approach and being thankful for the fact that in their eyes our society was nothing like that described in Orwell's 1984, that they missed some of the ideas from Huxley's Brave New World. Huxley's Brave New World is more relevant today than Orwell's 1984. ... The people of today pay money to go to watch movies based on superficial ideas and lacking in a solid theme. ... We are raised in a world of superficial entertainment and taught through biased information. ...

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Brave New World Aldous Huxley 1932 Author Information Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Godalming, Surrey, SE England, UK. ... Later novels include Point Counter Point (1928) and his best-known work, Brave New World (1932). ... Settings London, many years in the future New Mexico-The Savage Reservation The Lighthouse Plot Summary The novel Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, takes place many years in the future. ... Themes Diversity is the lifeblood of the Earth. It is clear in Brave New World that the monotony among people in the world and society a...

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Brave New World In the novel Brave New World, to what extent does Bernard Marx overcome the utopian efforts to strip him of his individuality and identity? One of the major themes in the novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley is that of identity. ... Those who live in the "Brave New World" also have their historical identity taken from them: "History is bunk". ... However this "religion" promotes only the values of the Brave New World, and simply enforces the uniform and carefully programmed actions of the population. ... Overall, Bernard is fairly successful in achieving an identity i...

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