... leader, "Big Brother" is a fictional character who is somewhat more opposing than "Ford", the leader in A Brave New World. The main character fears Big Brother but is very much aware of his surroundings in the situation unlike the characters in A Brave New World. In A Brave New World history is totally ignored whereas in 1984 it is re-written constantly, in order to suit the resent. (Bloom ... Bloom, Harold) The role of science in both books is extensive and complicated. 1984's telescreens cannot be turned off, as in A Brave New World has "feelies," and advancement on "talkies." which add...

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... , family, freedom, and even love. He points out that happiness derives from consuming mass-produced goods, sport, immoral sex, "the feelies", and a supposedly perfect pleasure-drug, soma. His Brave New World is essentially a caring oligarchy, under the direction of ten world controllers; their spokesman is Mustapha 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 gover...

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... of science in both books is extensive and complicated. In 1984, telescreens which are never turned off spy on people. In Brave New World the people watch movies using the "feelies", which adds 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 ... human characteristic that is seen in everyday life. The role of hypocrisy is different in both books because Brave New World brings it to a differe...

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... . 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 derived from mass produced goods, promiscuous sex, "the feelies", and soma- a pleasure drug, and ... '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 pu...

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... and entertainment to keep them happy with their job. Stability, which in insured by a conformed society, is the ultimate and primal need according to one of the World Controllers. The conformity in Brave New World makes it difficult for the characters to be unique. It is especially difficult when the community is prioritized over the individuals. In Novels for students, John Hochman provides ... such conditions. If one can escape the unwanted emotions of everyday life, then it becomes tough to develop a personal identity. Philo M. Buck Jr. writes in an excerpt that, " "Soma" and "Feelies...

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... in the viviparous days children did not play like that and did not have fun in that way, they think this is extraordinarily funny. In this sick world everybody had sex all the time. The "Feelies" are another way for them to satisfy their sexual needs without risking to have a baby. "Soma" is a drug that everybody uses to relax, to have fun ... . Another strange thing that appears during this chapter is the fact that all crosses had their tops cut and became T's. Maybe that is a symbol to make us understand better that in this world there ... book in the year 1939. It is unbelievable the...

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... a mere individual; it strikes at Society itself." (pg. 148). The government clearly believes that the individual should subordinate to the group for the good of society. The other theme of Brave New World is the cost of such a system is high. There is a good side to this system. There is no war or poverty and a small amount of disease or social unrest. The ... fill us with anguish: How to avoid their becoming definitively real?" (epigraph). The people living in the World State must give up love, family, science, art, religion, and history. A quote that supports this is telling the Savag...

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... approach and being thankful for the fact that in their eyes our society was nothing like that described in Orwell's 1984, that they missed some of the ideas from Huxley's Brave New World. Huxley's Brave New World is more relevant today than Orwell's 1984. According to Postman, a contemporary social critic, "Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture". A trivial culture ... money to go to watch movies based on superficial ideas and lacking in a solid theme. We have on our own, in a way, filled our lives with the equivalents of the fee...

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