After this, one of the main characters, Henry, is on a date with a woman, Lenina. ... Lenina took two half-gramme tablets and Henry three."" ... This all takes away from the humanistic process of pregnancy and natural childbirth, making it almost like an assembly line, which is ironic as their "lord- is the innovator in this technology, Henry Ford. ... There is also the reference to "Our Ford-, the equivalent to our usage of "Our Lord."" This can be explained when the director is talking to Henry and says, "The introduction of Our Ford's first T-Model chosen as the opening date of a n...

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The movie "Brave New World" took place in A.F. 632, around seven centuries after the twentieth century. A.F. means the year of Ford who was a famous inventor the vehicles now named "Ford" after his original name, Henry Ford. In this movie, it was shown that the main objective of the leaders was to m...

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Influenced by Henry Ford's production of the first motor vehicle, Aldous Huxley has a negative vision of the future. ... In "A Brave new world" the people no longer worship God, but Henry Ford. ... The production of the first motorcar (Ford T-Model) was seen through Aldous Huxley's eyes as the start of mass production and great technology. ... By removing God and replacing it by a different concept (Henry Ford) many readers would be disturbed. ...

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The only deity-like or religious principles that people follow are that of Henry Ford, inventor of the Model T. Society's closest acknowledgement of a "god" is Ford. ... In fact, the dating system used in the novel is based upon A.F. and B.F. which is the abbreviated form for After Ford and Before Ford, which Huxley clearly used to parody our current dating system of B.C. ...

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Rather than having God as their supreme power, they bow to Henry Ford, the inventor of the assembly line. Their time is counted in years after Ford"s death, and instead of the sign of the cross they use the T which represents Ford's T-model. ...

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Here they take their "perfect drug," soma, mixed with a night of singing, dancing and later the "fusing of 12 people, As the people are being "fused" other members are chanting, as a result of the soma inhibited, "Orgy-porgy, Ford and fun, Kiss the girls and make them One. ... The god that they do worship is called Ford. Ford is a made-up god based on Henry Ford, the creator of the Ford car. ...

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In Brave New World, god is no longer used as a symbol for religion; instead, Ford is a substitute for god. Huxley describes, "The great auditorium for Ford's Day celebrations and other massed Community Sings was at the bottom of the building- (79). In the United States, Ford was a twentieth century symbol for the assembly line. ... In Brave New World, Lenina Crowne develops a lasting relationship with Henry Foster; however, this is against the utopian ideals. ...

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The novel, Brave New World introduces the reader to just that: a new world. A world without marriage, pain, or love. A world where babies are decanted, not born, and there is a caste system. Mr. Huxley writes about a futuristic world, yet some of the ideas don't seem that far away in time at all. Br...

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In many cases when you read a novel you may find comparisons between the "fictional" society and your realistic one. The author may concsciously or unconsciously create similarities between these two worlds. The novelist can forsee the future and write according to this vision. Brave New World, a...

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How does Huxley and Scott use style to show the importance of humanity's relationship with the natural world? The literary text "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley and the film "Blade Runner" the Director's cut by Ridley Scott both use style to show the lack of importance present in both worlds an...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(After Ford). ... Lenina has been dating Henry Foster for the past several months, but since long time relationships arenot accepted, she agrees to go with Bernard Marx to the Reservations. ... Lenina and Henry Foster also arrive and when John sees Lenina he starts to beat her with the whip. ...

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Mustapha Mond is saying that with the evolution of time the need for religion has disappeared and has been replaced by the worship of another God who is Ford. ... Monogamy is discouraged by the utopian society and considered improper " Four months of Henry Foster, without having another man --- why, he'd be furious! ...

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• Grade Level: High School