... 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 ... as a child through hypnopaedia, or sleep teaching, are expected to be carried out by everyone. The Director of Hatcheries adds to the theme of conformity by saying, "That is the secret of happiness and virtue-liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at ... their job. Sta...

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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 ... is an Alpha Plus Intellectual who works at the Psychology Department of the Central London Hatcheries and Conditioning Center. Unlike most people in the world he lives in he doesn't agree with society, he also feels alienated from others because of his physical characteristics. Some think that alcohol ... part in. In the morning he wakes up and is so ashamed he took part in something he despised and hangs himself. I think the theme of this book is tha...

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Two main themes in Brave New World are Community, Identity, Stability verses individual freedom and the cost of such a system is high. Community, Identity, Stability is the motto on the World State. The first part, Community, is in part, a result of identity and stability. Community is achieved by organizing ... even "born" forms the caste system that separates superiors and inferiors in this new world. An example of identity ruling over the individual is the sleep teachings. The government puts the caste system of the World State into their memory with their sleep teachings as children. Stab...

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... feelings, values and memories, we will inevitably become vulnerable to totalitarian governments. The use of technology to control society in Brave New World warns of the dangers of giving the state control over new and powerful technologies. One illustration of this theme is the rigid control of reproduction through technological and medical intervention, including the surgical removal of ovaries, the Bokanovsky Process, and ... uses the results of scientific research, inasmuch as they contribute to technologies of control, but does not support science itself. The Consumer Society. It i...

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