... them out with soma, this is shown in the reoccurring saying that, One cubic centimeter cures ten gloomy sentiments. The reason people in Brave New World resort to soma when ever feel depressed, angry or have disturbing pessimistic thoughts, is because their lives, like their society, are empty of ... the impending Epsilons. This class structure and the genetic engineering used to create it is a major control device for the people in Brave New World. When the eggs are being fertilized and cultivated they are treated differently depending upon what are they are going to be. In the ... per...

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... youth criminality. There are several indications leading to the supposition that the general form of the government is a socialist one, e.g. the teenage slang called Nadsat which handles chiefly Russian vocabulary, streets named after personalities like Yuri Gagarin and paintings of nude working men in the style of Russian socialist art. So the state is on the say to become totalitarian ... British use of the English language, allow the conclusion that the plot is settled in same not-to-distant future England. "A Clockwork Orange" is also comparable to "1984" and, e.g., "Brave New World...

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... evolves and shapes itself to be more elaborate. It is a proportional flow which is parallel to people's thinking. A deeper understanding of facts and ideas brings about new labels (words in other words) which can be passed on orally or in written form. However, language, being a medium created by people, is often subjected to ... politics, can be manipulated to mask the truth and mislead the public. Orwell placed a significant amount of effort on elaboration of his idea of Newspeak (New Speak) and the media in his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. He demonstrated the repeated abuse of langua...

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... be rescued from its peril. Education provokes quick, resolute and effective thought and this, in conjunction with the character of a person can save the world from jeopardy. Which occurance would be inevitable if not for the new ideas and efforts of the next generation. Education is also about respecting and loving your children enough to provide for them the freedom to explore ... " (page 13). Clarke believed that apart from giving him an education for the elite, Melbourne Grammar taught him about life "or rather to whom the world belongs" through a quote by a German author: "The world ...

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