... and individualism are large sacrifices for stability, illustrated by these techniques of artificial insemination and social conditioning. Furthermore, both of these dystopian treatises portray a society that censors both thoughts and literature. In Brave New World, this censorship can be seen at the end of the novel, when Mustapha Mond explains why Shakespeare is forbidden in society. He explains, "You can ... 't make flivvers without steel "and you can't make tragedies without social instability- (Huxley 220). Mond's grave tone shows that although art and literature are desirable element...

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... . The effectiveness of torture can be debated as it provides false information. Torture is also a topic that has been spoken about many times recently and is in many works of literature. In George Orwell's timeless classic 1984, the Ministry of Love catches Winston and O'Brian administers many forms of torture which are routine and painful torture and something similar to electroconvulsive ... that it is wrong to completely annihilate people and use torture to brainwash them. Darius Rejali believes that the main purpose of torture is to bring out false information. Rejali notes that "the...

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... replace Oldspeak entirely - that vision of how the deliberate manipulation of language could make freedom of thought impossible - remains one of the most chillingly powerful in the whole of English literature" (Modern Critical Interpretation 88). The Party's viewpoint was that by narrowing the range of thought, they would ultimately cease doublethink and thoughtcrime activity. They argued that if one was not ... in Britain in order to emphasize (sic.) that the English-speaking races are not innately better than anyone else and that totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph a...

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