... miserable their life may be or how dissatisfied they are with the way things are. After this, one of the main characters, Henry, is on a date with a woman, Lenina. They are at a café and, "Soma was served with the coffee. Lenina took two half ... 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. Religion being replaced by technology is another symbol that demonstrates technologies dominance in this society. When the director first begins to speak to the students, ... the lecture,...

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... . Their lives are filled with fun but there are no true feelings or emotions, just superficial enjoyment. Aldous Huxley has written "A Brave new world" to act as a warning. Influenced by Henry Ford's production of the first motor vehicle, Aldous Huxley has a negative vision of the future. He believes that the power of science will kill individuality and imagination and replace it with ... child to do drugs and extreme consummation is considered a bad thing. In "A Brave new world" the people no longer worship God, but Henry Ford. They have gone from a complicated spiritual religion to a s...

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... 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. Boys at one with girls at peace; Orgy-porgy gives release" (Huxley 85). The United States gives the option of living ... a reason or an explanation to almost every question. Religion is virtually non-existent in the World State. 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. He is just another exc...

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... faded away and been forgotten by the citizens of the World State. 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. As Postman states, "the great narrative of inductive science takes precedence over the great narrative of Genesis, and those who do not agree must remain ... in intellectual backwater" (Postman 50). 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 t...

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... or spiritual commitment by the society. Huxley throughout the novel uses name which are familiar in history and have had an impact on the world. A perfect example of this is Henry Ford. Henry Ford was one of the greatest initiators of the age of materialism through the development of large-scale production of the motorcar. This large scale production is linked to the novel ... ...

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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 maintain stability in the society. Five different groups of peoples ... ...

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... to achieve a stable society. Throughout both novels, the authors illustrate a seemingly distorted religion in the societies. 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. Consequently, the government praises and worships the mechanized nature of the brave new world in order to achieve the needs of durabi...

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... , as Lenina says, "happy now". 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. No one gets married or even falls in love, and no one has parents besides the ... ...

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... out by technological domination. Technology in this world has overpowered religion, for scientists are taking over the role of God, by taking matters into their own hands and creating life. Henry Ford is also looked upon as being a God to them, due to his efforts in creating the mass production method, assembly line, and the first ever "T-Model" which all define the ... concept of consuming. Mustapha Mond stated that "Ford's T-model is chosen as the opening date of a new era" (Huxley, 46). Everyone now looks up to a God which has not done anything to benefit their existence, merely just...

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... who live in the "Brave New World" also have their historical identity taken from them: "History is bunk". The only historical events that have not been forgotten are those involving Ford (the deity of the Brave New World) and those that are necessary for the stability of the state, for example the "nine years war". With no historical facts to influence ... does not exist in the rest of the Brave New World, and allows for 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 v...

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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 ... , who work in the hatchery and soon became an outsider. Bernard likes Lenina Crowne and thus asks her to go with him to the Savage Reservations. 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. Bernard goes to the Director and gets...

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... " (Huxley, p.237). 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. They basically live a fulfilled life and then they die. Also thanks to their conditioning they do not fear death but accept it as a way of life. That alone is a task ... utopian society everyone is raised and conditioned the same way abolishing the bad apples in our society. Monogamy is discouraged by the utopian society and considered improper " Four months of Henry Foster, without having another man --- why, he...

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... 's society caused gaps in countries, religious and various groups of people because of the moral, political and scientific values they epresented. Eventually, one comes to the 9 Years War in A.F. (after Ford) 141 along with the great Economic Collapse. What was left was a choice between world control and destruction. Liberalism was destroyed during the war, but the leaders of the time realized ... slightly different from the beginning. There is the physical differences, but behind the stunted exterior Bernard thinks differently from the rest of society. He is driven to heated rage when H...

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... sacrificed to achieve complete social stability. Brave New World also dramatizes the conflict between scientific Theory and religion. Science is portrayed as religion as the "manifestations of self-evident truths". Henry Ford is used as the religious outlet for the World State. He represents a religion that allows the World State rulers to rob the people of their individuality in the name of ... ...

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... , becoming more boring as the plot weakens. The beginning is intriguing because it introduces the reader to a whole new way of life, where monogamy is a thing of the past and Henry Ford is the only deity the citizens know. The first chapter gives you a feel for the community. Then it starts to zoom into specific characters, following them through their daily lives ... ...

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... in the government controlled world, they are all test tube babies and the government is its parents. God is known as Ford in the new world and all crosses have their tops cut off as to make them look like a T. Henry Fords invention of the Model T is a symbol of mans efficiency, not Gods. If people become to independent or are ever caught ... ...

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