Brave New World, a novel by Aldous Huxley was written at a tine in history when war had ravaged much of the nation, Depression was blanketing society, and people's wills were being put to the test. ... Brave New World is not intended to be a happy book, it is more Huxley's way of describing what he believes is coming to us. ... Huxley's writings are known for dealing with conflicts between the interest of the individual and the interests of society. ... I do not believe that Huxley is criticizing religion directly, but instead targeting those who use it to justify unequal social...

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This is because Huxley deliberately endows his "ideal" society with features likely to alienate his audience. ... Aldous Huxley's vision of the future is a world in which totalitarian regimes dominate the realm of real world politics. ... Huxley makes an emphasis on the over use of drugs that manipulate with our emotions "Christianity without tears that is what soma is... Huxley plays on these anxieties to devastating effect. ... For it is Huxley who neither knows nor understands the glory of what lies ahead. ...

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The book Brave New World is author Huxley's shocking vision of a future utopia, which deals with the philosophical and ethical controversies brought by advances in technology and science. ... Reading this novel, it is quite disturbing to see how many of the innovations Huxley first wrote about in 1932 are now reality. ... It is important to understand that Brave New World is not simply a warning about what could happen to society if things go wrong, it is also a satire of the society in which Huxley existed, and which still exists today. ... But many people throughout the US oppose Aldou...

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The truth is that everyone is happy because they do not have a choice, they did not have the opportunity to choose for themselves and Mustapha Mond (The Resident World Controller of Western Europe, one of only ten World Controllers) later explained in one of the important quotes from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, "Universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning; truth and beauty can't" (228). ... In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, he says "I don't want comfort, I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. ...

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The Condition of Citizens in Aldous Huxley's, Brave New World In Aldous Huxley's, Brave New World, the controlling states effectively manipulate the population's thoughts, through various controlling factors. ...

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Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, is a book about a Utopian Society that thrives on stability rather than freedom. ... Huxley develops Lenina's character in such a way where she is described as "pneumatic" and basically, a wench. ... Aldous Huxley made John's character appear as though he changed a lot throughout the story. ...

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There are many cultural similarities and differences such as love and marriage, drug use and religion in the World state of Aldous Huxley's novel The Brave New World compared to the United States. ... Lenina was genuinely shocked" (Huxley 195). ... Without love and marriage the world would be meaningless and that is exactly what Huxley's futile Utopia has come to be. ... Boys at one with girls at peace; Orgy-porgy gives release" (Huxley 85). ... The World State in the novel Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley, has many cultural similarities and differences compared to th...

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The novel, "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley, is a science fiction novel about a society taken place in the future. ... (Huxley, 130). ... "He feels like the book *talks to him" (Huxley, 113). ... Sexual wise (Huxley, 164). ...

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In the book Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates two distinct societies: the Savages and the Fordians. ... Aldous Huxley's Brave New World was published in 1946. ... Throughout the novel, Huxley uses Bernard Marx, a young man who has been deformed by the government, to underline the idea that a Utopian society cannot exist. ... Huxley is also telling us to be careful with our science, or we may end up like the Utopians, mass producing identical citizens, then brainwashing them to think alike and to think exactly what the government mandates. ...

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The book I read was Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. ... I think that Huxley is trying to communicate that in order to really "live" you must have balance between the negative and positive aspects of life, instead of relying on soma to provide a false happiness at all times. By "conditioning" the people of Huxley's new futuristic society physically and mentally it seems to rid them of a soul, they are no longer free willed and independent but they do and think what they have been programmed to. ... Huxley p.246. ...

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The Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, portrays a "utopian" society that differs in many ways from the current United States. Many of these differences may be viewed by us as unnecessary or undesirable. However, to these conditioned citizens of the World State who have never experienced a differen...

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Aldous Huxley chooses to include references to the literary works of Shakespeare many places in his novel Brave New World. ... Huxley juxtaposes sonnets and hypnopaedic rhymes to demonstrate their infantile pleasures and trite language. ... Huxley aptly uses this technique to show the reader exactly what is missing from this society and why although it is stable, it is far from utopian. ...

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Summary The novel is set in the year 632 A.F. (After Ford). The world is ruled by World Controllers who ensure the stability of society. To do so, a caste system has been created, reaching from intelligent Alpha-Pluses to dwarfed and stupid Epsilons. A drug called soma ensures that no one ever feels pain or remains unhappy, and it is used by members of every caste. ...

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"Come on Rico, just get in the car and let's get out of here," exclaimed Jack, Rico's best friend. Rico stands next to the passenger door, with his hand on the handle, but is frozen. Racing through his mind are both reasons for going with his friends and reasons for staying home. He knows his fri...

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