... we now live in. There are many cultural similarities and differences such as love and marriage, drug use and religion in the World state of Aldous Huxley's novel The Brave New World compared to the United States. Love, marriage and monogamy are terms the citizens of the World State are all ... 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 life using drugs, while the World State is controlled by the drugs that they can no longer ... tries expl...

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Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, is a book about a Utopian Society that thrives on stability rather than freedom. This futile, yet widely accepted society was challenged by one man, John the Savage. John's mother, Linda, after ... being given a tour of the society. John was accepted in the World State but he began to have a difficult time dealing with the principles one must follow in that society. Huxley develops Lenina's character in such a way where she is described as "pneumatic" and basically, a wench. Lenina develops a strong sexual attraction towards John. He loves Lenina bu...

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... themselves and Mustapha Mond (The Resident World Controller of Western Europe, one of only ten World Controllers) later explained in one of the important quotes from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, "Universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning; truth and beauty can't" (228). By stating this, Mond is suggesting that only the instant gratification matters, the idea of love ... hollowness of existence that results from consumerism and instead easily viewing it as a utopia, he begs for the right to suffer his unhappiness. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, he says "I ...

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The Condition of Citizens in Aldous Huxley's, Brave New World In Aldous Huxley's, Brave New World, the controlling states effectively manipulate the population's thoughts, through various controlling factors. History is distorted or altered completely, and the emotions and thoughts of the populations are ... ...

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... caste of each citizen. The caste system leads to social stability. Social stability in a perfect society keeps the backbone of the state erect and in charge. In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley portrays a utopian society that supports conformity. Conformity is the condition or fact of being in harmony or agreement. By the precise regulation of supply to demand and rigid control of ... the numbers and types of citizens, stability is maintained. Aldous Huxley expresses the World State's motto as, "Community, Identity, Stability"(1). Everyone is made to fit into a specific caste, fill a spec...

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The novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, takes place in two different settings: the World State and an Indian Reservation. Huxley contrasts these two settings to warn of the dangers of using technology to control society. By employing these societal extremes and what they stand for, Huxley is able to intensify and drive home the meaning of the story. In the World State, technology ... no sadness, for him the World State was too "easy" and "promiscuous," therefore, he isolated himself in a lighthouse and committed suicide. These two characters are used by Huxley to prove that even a primi...

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The novel, "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley, is a science fiction novel about a society taken place in the future. This society is divided up into classes. Which are Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. At birth, babies will ... Lady of Acoma and the rows and rows of babies in clean bottles and Jesus flying up and Linda flying up and the great Director of World Hatcheries and Awonawilona". (Huxley, 130). John can't see the difference between the "reality" of this world and the many different religious beliefs he has encountered. The savage needs to understand what all of this ... ...

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... 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 test. Science had become ... I (the age of machine guns and chemical warfare). Brave New World is not intended to be a happy book, it is more Huxley's way of describing what he believes is coming to us. He is basically saying, "This i...

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Aldous Huxley chose wisely when he entitled his novel A Brave New World. During this story that portrays an interesting, unique view of the future, there are several elements in which this world envisioned by Huxley could be considered "brave." Characters such as Mustapha Mond are able to see the affects of this world first-hand because they are aware of how people used to ... emotion to a drug can have. The new world is a brave one in how people approach certain determining factors including sex, drugs, and the new field of breeding humans. People in Huxley's new World State take a different...

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... , but an old one; and it is a concern that will certainly stay with librarians into the new millennium. The book Brave New World is author Huxley's shocking vision of a future utopia, which deals with the philosophical and ethical controversies brought by advances in technology and science. Religion has been replaced by ... all of the time, thanks to the mood-altering drug, Somma. Reading this novel, it is quite disturbing to see how many of the innovations Huxley first wrote about in 1932 are now reality. This reality is faced by the global society today as a whole. This book along with...

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The book I read was Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. This was the first book I've read by this author and I don't have very much previous knowledge of him. The reason I chose to read this ... that a genuine, free life requires pain and sadness. People can't know the true value of being happy with out being sad and experiencing unpleasantness. I think that Huxley is trying to communicate that in order to really "live" you must have balance between the negative and positive aspects of life, instead of relying on soma to ... provide a false happiness at all times. By "conditioning" the people o...

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The Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, portrays a "utopian" society that differs in many ways from the current United States. Many of these differences may be viewed by us as unnecessary or undesirable. However, to these conditioned ... ...

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The book, Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley depics a society based on consumption. This world uses many different ways to force its people to consume. Only through constant overconsumption by its citizens can the economy of the World ... ...

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