... of people around the world, in a way that Bush simply couldn't. The election of an African American to the highest office isn't just an American victory, it is a human victory. But that doesn't mean his task will be an easy one. When Barack Obama steps into his new job, he inherits ... a mountain of challenges both domestic and foreign. The fact that his victory has been met favorably by many corners of the globe is a point in his column, however. He is, at the moment, being touted as "the world's president". A Change is ... nation's renewed sense of togetherness to create garner inter...

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Name ______________________________ Date ________ Period ______ "Shooting an Elephant" Quiz (40 points; 2 points each) Directions: Circle the best answer for each question. 1. Orwell takes great length in describing the elephant's demise. What does his description foreshadow? a. the rise of the empire b. the fall of the empire c. the prosperity of the empire d. the birth of the empire e. the dream of a new empire 2. The speaker's attitude toward shooting ... c. allusion d. derogatory diction e. ironic contrast 20. "Strohschein"" means: a. the appearance of sunshine. b. the sauerkraut is ready...

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... about to experience something far from a utopia. Fed on Shakespeare's plays, Linda's description of the brave new world, and his own active imagination, John entered the brave new world with high hopes. When he arrives his dreams are shattered and he is sadly disappointed. He finds that the New World is far from "brave" and "beautiful," as his mother had once told him. He is confused and shocked how ... to the Alpha and Betas: who admired him in great curiosity. For the second time in the novel we see John feeling isolated from society. After living the New World, John again says, "O br...

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... first five letters of the Greek alphabet. Ironically the Greek way of life has close similarities to the "Brave new world", where society was a strong class-structure. In "A Brave new world" Aldous Huxley has changed the religion and traditions of the society. An example of this is through nursery ... towards the people of the future by demonstrating the shocking traditions held by their society. Huxley has reversed the standards of other traditions in "A Brave new world" such as vocabulary of the people and the "sayings" that they use. The "sayings" used in today's society such as "Bett...

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... wide-spread drug of the society is used for pleasure also; mostly everyone uses it to ensure their "happiness" in their lives. Lastly, the Brave New World lacks the strong emotions of life, there is no romantic love, there are no strong bonds/friendships, and there is no parenting. Thus is why ... pleasures" of life, like strong emotions, knowledge, and striving for big goals. Love, a strong emotion of life, has absolutely no meaning in the Brave New World except for sex. There is no understanding of love, and love is something so dependent and so important in life, that without it there ...

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... slogan used to achieve the ideal society. This idea was noticeable through the lack of people's emotions, the sterilization of humans and the cleanliness of society. The Brave New World cleared people of emotions through the elimination of families and the promotion of soma. To eliminate close bonds between two people promiscuity was advocated. This was achieved through ... or thinking of anything. The attitude of civilization is sterilization was also achieved through the sterilization of the female population. Bokanovsky's Process made it possible for the Brave New World to control t...

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... stability of the nation. In addition to their methods, the destruction of social relations is something that appears in both texts. In Brave New World, sex is encouraged because it keeps people happy, though love is not. The state does not encourage the people to fall in ... Huxley's society has a more effective way of using technology. They have full control over the population by using the Bakonovsky process to make humans. Brave New World also uses hypnopaedia to "condition" its populace to accept promiscuity. It's a form of subliminal reinforcement whereby hypnopaedia slogans such a...

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... for loss of individuality. The way the novel is written also plays an important role in illustrating what individuals have lost due to the society taking away their uniqueness. The Brave New world shows the harsh results of the development of immense technology and how it can corrupt a society. A example of this form if technology is illustrated when we are shown the bokanoskification ... process early in the book. "One egg, one embryo, one adult normality. This is playing God with everyone's lives in the Brave new world. Using technology to predetermining everyone's lives before they e...

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... with an ending that made the reader feel like Huxley had just gotten tired of writing and slapped on any ending he could make. Brave New World has an intriguing beginning, but the book slowly becomes less and less interesting, ending in a very disappointing way. The book starts out ... it starts to zoom into specific characters, following them through their daily lives. The author describes what a citizen in the "brave new world" regularly does in one day, which usually involves him or her in many mundane tasks. There is a lot of dialogue, but little action. Soon ... thinking: "Where's...

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... Mond, Resident Controller of Western Europe. He governs a society where all aspects of an individual's life, from conception and constant reproduction onwards, are determined by the state. The individuality of Brave New World's two billion inhabitants is concealed. A government bureau, the Predestinators, decides a prospective citizen's role in the hierarchy. Children are raised and conditioned by the state bureaucracy, not brought up by ... designer-drugs. The inevitable question is that; will this be a bad thing? I think it has to be. Huxley implies that by abolishing cruelty and ment...

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... of identity. The plot explorers the struggle by the protagonist, Bernard Marx, to develop his own identity, which has been suppressed as part of the utopian policies in the Brave New World. The World State has a paradoxical stance on identity; while it outwardly promotes the identity of the community, individual identity is suppressed at extreme costs. This is to avoid conflict and inconsistency ... an incredible development for his individuality. In place of religion, the masses are given the deity Henry Ford to worship. However this "religion" promotes only the values of the Brave New ...

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... are controlled, the leaders in the two novels, and the message the author is portraying in each novel. Although similarities do occur between A Brave New World and 1984, there are a good number of differences as well. The similarities of the two books are necessary to know before getting into ... senses to a movie. Next, there are numerous differences between the two novels. Firstly, sex and hypocrisy is perceived differently in both societies. In Brave New World, sex is used as a form of recreation and it is accepted. The drug soma is used to prevent any great emotions and people are .....

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... and adapted it to his novel. Just as those who opposed the views of Hitler were removed from society, the characters in Brave New World who went against the group view were exiled. Drug abuse has been a problem for thousands of years. It is no different between the ... drugs will stop the use by addicts and youth. While this may sound like an acceptable plan to some look no further than the citizens in Brave New World for examples. They cannot live without their Soma rations. Drugs have become such a part of their lives that the drugs replace negative emotion. ... would be the perfect ...

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... static are people like Bernard Marx, John and Helmholtz Watson. Although containing very different characteristics, these three people cause the same effect to brave new world, and that is unrest. When we first meet Bernard Marx we find that he could be, possibly, the perfect character to cause a ... to look elsewhere for a leader. As we interact more with John (also known as the Savage) he also becomes a good candidate in changing brave new world's paradigm. An English prodigy would probably agree, and say "He reads Shakespeare for God's sake he's perfect!" John has an incredible sense...

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... him to London. Tragedy, death and confusion lead John the Savage to suicide. He has many interpretations of the Brave New World which cause him to take his own life. Although the Brave New World is thought by its inhabitants to be a utopia, it is actually a loveless and sinister place where happiness is solely ... everyone's lives are changed as a result. Bernard is regarded with forged respect and appreciation for his relation to the Savage which everyone in the Brave New World is so bewitched by. Lenina falls into an oblivious love with John. John fancies Lenina, but is put off by her ...

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... while others are completely foreign to each other. Both of these novels feature structure societies, but the societies are not the same. In Brave New World, there are no families or definite partners, but neither society believes in love or true family. The Giver has no specific caste system, ... and John. They are basically the main characters and both endure severe inner troubles, but are they similar enough to make the novels similar? In Brave New World, there is definitely a caste system of community members. Each level of society keeps to themselves. They work and live according to ...

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... this dictatorship which have genetically engineered those of the lower class to be completely submissive. Thus, in analyzing the society of "Brave New World" individuals losing their freedom is not good as it limits them and their abilities into becoming infantile individuals who cannot help but depend ... on the state, thriving its ideas of consumption. The value of living in one such society as "Brave New World" a society free from the everyday troubles, is what most of us want to achieve on a daily basis. However that is ... sees the hollowness of existence that results from consum...

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... accurate prophesy of technology's capacity to dominate society, and how this domination is silently changing the goals, moralities, and values of our culture. 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. The mentality of the society is that ... . Progress, technology, and invention become their God. 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. Technoc...

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... who, for whatever reason, just don't fit in. The individual may or may not look unusual, but inside they definitely feel out of place. In Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, John "the savage" was one of those unique individuals. John wasn't able to control the influences which made him atypical, but regardless ... , he was forced to live in societies which refused to accept him. It was extremely difficult for John to live in the Brave New World because he was so different from the generic alphas which surrounded him. From the beginning it was obvious that John was unlike the others. Inste...

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... "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 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 ... of lives with vaccinations and such, but on the contrary, had also witnessed it kill with horrifying "factory-like" efficiency in WW I (the age of machine guns and chemical warfare). Brave Ne...

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... terrifying thing of the past." (Huxley 57). Intimate relations between populace have now been eliminated. Soma was another development created by the citizens of Brave New World to let them evade, and forget their emotions. "A gramme is always better than a damn." (Huxley 90). This professed "perfect" drug, was ... a mixture of hallucinogen, and tranquilizer used widely by the inhabitants of "Brave New World." Soma permitted people to go into a "daze" whenever they wanted to escape their surroundings. "Soma may make you lose a few years in time ... To make them love it is the task assi...

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... a very controversial one. Some people disagree with the eternal bliss of a utopia because of the belief that ignorance is bliss and, according to Brave New World, there could be no living side by side with happiness and knowledge. Others, however, agree that if it could be acquired in all its glory ... Schroeder- came to the consensus that we would prefer our society over that which was portrayed in the book Brave New World or Thomas More's proposition. Nate Prescott found that the characters in Brave New World seemed to be void of any real emotion or soul and just existed by way of thei...

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... form contact and relationships. Without a family, a person cannot learn these relationships which are useful in dealing with everyday life in society. In the brave new world, it is taught that "everyone belongs to everyone else." Excessive sex with many partners is considered normal and even expected. In actual society, love ... to a special amount of oxygen, or a special temperature in order for them to be changed to fit into a certain social class. In Brave New World, science and technology are used not to help society, but to control society. From the time that the embryos are in eac...

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... and can be used to achieve several purposes. Censorship serves several purposes in the society of Brave New World. The government's censorship of history and family ensures citizens of the Brave New World abide by their standards. Knowledge of history is very limited to the citizens of the World State. The World State blocks access to selected history to keep the citizens in place. Lack of knowledge of ... the past leads the citizens to believe that a long term relationship is inappropriate . Long term relationships are what people today aim for; in Brave New World however, they are loo...

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... to which caste level they belong. Although, he did not predict that the human race would actually yield to this sad, loveless lifestyle, surprisingly they adapted rather quickly. 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 ... individuality. Along with helping me to discover what is truly important, Aldous Huxley, through his writings, aided me to see the value of my thoughts and personal feelings. In reading Brave New World, I have come to realize the significance of ...

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