...The novel A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley was a story written about society that was thought to be a utopia, but in actuality this twisted world was anything from perfect. The society Huxley portrayed in his novel was in some ways a Marxists dream and in other ways a Marxists worst nightmare. Aldous Huxley did a brilliant job connecting with the Marxist point of view while also embodying numerous fears of Marxists in his critically acclaimed book A Brave New World. Marxists believed in a totalitarian government somewhat like a dictatorship. The government in Huxley’s novel used tactics such as adolescent brainwashing, drug administration, and the use of technology to keep total control of the public population. Much like Marxist societies the society in Aldous Huxley’s A Brave New World chose to alienate their young instead of nurture them like a normal world. Children in this novel were alienated at an early age, they were also trained to hate nature and music or anything that promoted any type of free will. Children were not raised by a mother and father because in the World State there was no such thing as marriage or even love. In Marxist cultures children were separated from their parents and taught to formulate their view of the world based on only Marxist teachings rather than “outdated” views. In a Marxist society the upbringing of children was not handled by parents but rather by the entire community so there were such things as family bonds in Marxism. Marxist...
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...Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Brave New world is a dystopian novel written in England in 1931 and published in 1932 during the Modernism literary period. The setting of the novel is in London and New Mexico ruled under an imagined future one-world government called the World State. The World State of Brave New World is a totalitarian dystopia that uses technology to, deceive its citizens into loving their slavery. Dystopia is a society, in this case the World State, that is an imaginary society organized to create ideal conditions for human beings, eliminating hatred, pain, neglect, and all of the other evils of the world. Huxley wrote Brave New World as a dystopian novel due to the rise of technology and science in the 1930s, focusing on the totalitarianism evils (meaning centralized or dictatorial). Huxley imagined a future of a totalitarian state where there is no such thing as freedom of anything and happiness was forced through manipulation, called conditioning in the novel. When Huxley wrote Brave New World, it was just a little over a decade since World War I. During this time, totalitarian states were popping up in the Soviet Union and Fascist parties were gaining power in Europe. Also, there were advancements in science, technology, and the relationship between the two as the world became more industrialized. Aldous Huxley was born in Surrey, England, on July 26, 1894, to a well-known family of scientists, writers, and teachers deeply rooted in England’s literary...
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...Zhang 1 ! Brave New World －the Nightmare of Dystopian Society The society in Brave New World is full of peace and harmony seemingly, but the inside of that is a dystopian society which is full of maladies that cannot be controlled. The inundation of human science and technology improves people’s living standard, but essentially, it covers up the weak and empty human’s mental world. The novel Brave New World was written in 1931 by the famous English novelist, Aldous Leonard Huxley. It describes a futuristic society that in 632 A.F in London, people are controlled by the World State, a new world which has a slogan “COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY”. The marriage is forbidden, and babies are produced in an embryo factory. At the same time, the society is formed by five castes. Different levels people have their own different jobs. In the novel Brave New World, the World State reflects a dystopian society because it embraces an exploitative caste system, is morally bankrupt, and the citizens lack freedom and human dignity. The first reason why the World State reflects a dystopian society is because it embraces an exploitative caste system. In the new world, it has an extremely severe class system, which people are divided into five different castes: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon. All of them are responsible to a different part of jobs in the state, like brain workers, labors, creators, and leaders. The Alpha embryos will become the leaders and thinkers, but the Epsilon embryos...
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...Brave New World Brave New World is a form of utopian literature. It’s an imaginary society organized to create ideal conditions for human beings, eliminating hatred, pain, neglect, and all of the other evils of the world. The novel takes place in 632 A.F. (After Ford, the god of the New World). It takes place in a time where man is desperate for beliefs (and structures also a relief from pain.). All civilization has been destroyed by a great war. Then there is another war, the Nine Years War, which begins the era of Ford, ensuring stability through dictatorship. The society in Brave new world is based on a strict caste system. The highest of the five castes enjoy easier and better tasks, while the lower ones perform unskilled and all the dirty jobs. Ten Controllers hold all the power in this new world and peace is maintained by training infant minds and by dulling down adults with the tranquilizer, “soma.” The population is further controlled through scientific methods; marriage is forbidden, and children are not born but produced in an embryo factory THEME: Science and its influences on humanity is the major theme of Brave New World. The novel depicts a new society where human beings have been stripped of individual freedom, programmed to certain types of behavior, and conditioned to respond in scientific ways to specific stimulants. All traces of the old order have been eliminated. No longer are human emotions or relationships important. Infants are created in...
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...Maren J Lee English 27/10/2014 – 11/11/2014 Brain Washing – Brave New World Brain Washing is an interesting concept. Manipulation can be use to inspire or as a powerful weapon. The United States of America uses soft power and propaganda commercials to promote patriatism. One nation for one purpose. On the other hand, Hitler brain washed the citizens of Germany, making them believe that he was creating a better society. In this situation, brain washing becomes a weapon. Alclous Huxley brings brain washing to the extreme in his novel Brave New World. Citizens of this world are taought to think less. Ignorance is Bless. Huxley Creates a wrold with a few powerful people have complete control of the whole nation. In this essay, I want to discuess the brain washing technique they use, and how they maintain the power. Huxley’s Brave New Wrold setting is at year 2050. Children are made in a science lab with no parents. Ever since the children are born, the government natural condition them: “Family is a horrible idea.” “Everyone belongs to everyone else.” “Ending is better than mending…” (p.43) Many different unique concepts are constantly reminded in this soceity. Saying any idea millions time and listen it millions times would make it true. The governemnt of Brave New World reinforces each concepts into a human’s mind from the moment they are born. As the children in brave new world grow up, each individual is assigned to one specific job that he/ she is design for...
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...The Longer Lasting World Brave New World and 1984 are two novels that both take place in a totalitarian world; however the two worlds are very different. Huxley explains a world where the only things that are forbidden is having babies, being unhappy/questioning the state, and refusing to do the jobs and duties assigned to them. Contrastingly, 1984 is much more restrictive in the fact that they have complete control over the people, not allowing them to find love, not giving them privacy, nor allowing them to think badly about the government. Furthermore, in 1984 the government puts effort in inducing fear in the citizens by saying that they are in war, and they also use threats of torture if someone steps out of line, even in the slightest. Although both regimes control their citizens through the destruction of social relations, technology and controlling their sense of freedom, Huxley’s world state will clearly outlive Orwell’s party because Brave New World supports the development of a blissfully ignorant society, thus preventing rebellion, whereas 1984’s use of fear will inevitably destroy the stability of the nation. In addition to their methods, the destruction of social relations is something that appears in both texts. In Brave New World, sex is encouraged because it keeps people happy, though love is not. The state does not encourage the people to fall in love with someone because love leads to the want to start a family and have kids. Although both societies do...
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...Brave New World: The use of mass media and propaganda The society is determined by the nature of people within it and how they relate. The influence of external factors like religion, politics, and technology contribute a lot to the structure and development of the society. In the novel Brave New World, the concept of social media and propaganda are explicitly expressed through various accounts. The author has used the influence of social media to bring a deeper understanding of how various characters, decisions, and acts are influenced. Social media in the novel act as a channel through which propaganda is manifested. Social power and influence is an attribute of propaganda that is directed through the masses via social media. Hence, in the context of this essay will address how mass media and propaganda are used in novel Brave New World. The human society has been dictated by their role in social media and how they influence decision and choices in life. Aldous Huxley in his novel describes a community that has been infiltrated by untruth and misguided by some beliefs and information from a selected group of people. The basic set up in the society is controlled by those who feel superior and elite compared to the others. Propaganda is spread of wrong information that causes a severe impact to the community or a group of people. In the novel Brave New World, the conflict between individual and the society being different and unique is an act of propaganda. The use of Soma...
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...Dystopia: The World Today Introduction Written in 1931 and published a year after, The Brave New World (1932) contradicts the idea of Utopia (perfect world); a type of novel that queries the values of 1931 London using satire to dramatically represent a futuristic world in which occurring fads in British and America have been taken to extremity. People from The World State are living peacefully, free from any kind of war, abhorrence, impecuniousness, illness and physical sufferings. The novel depicts a potentially perfect world, not to mention people can enjoy wealth in terms of material possessions and all form of pleasures. Using high technology, human beings no longer have to conceive. They are created in factories wherein they are being prepared for future lives. The children are raised altogether and minds are controlled through sleep-teaching to further enhance their condition. As they turn to be adults, people are already destined to certain classes. And if one was unfortunately destined to be of the lower class, he would be raised to generally like the kind of life designated to him and be trained not to like nor appreciate - basically to the extent of being manipulated - other roles but theirs. They are subjected to engage or yield themselves in totally harmless entertainment and physical activities as form of leisure. There are several anticipations which were depicted by Huxley in The Brave New World. Although some of them may not be totally proven by this time,...
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...Chapter 4 In this chapter, Gatsby tells nick all about his past. He says things that are very unlikely to nikc and he mentions and shows his disbelief. Gatsby makes claims of being connected to most wealthy and outstanding people in the country, and being from the world war. Towards the end of the chapter Nick learns that Gatsby loves Diasy and wants nick to arrange a meeting in order for Gatsby to come and meet her once again. Jordan is the one who informs nikc of this plan. A- Nick B- “Anything can happen now that we’ve slid over this bridge” C- Nick is very self relying, and has a lot to say to himself about everyone around him, but on the outside is very softspoken and humble. This is a good quality, and he is a very honest and trustworthy individual guy, but is often shy and a bit awkward. D- Nicks main role in this story is that he’s the narrorator, and all of these events are based on his life. He is a very down to earth guy, calm and collected with a bunch of crazy events and people surrounding him. Instead of being in surroundings thatmirror him as a person, he is almost in an opposing environment, rivaling his ways of living. “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.” This quote goes to show a category for most characters in this book, for example Gatsby is a pursuer and a busy man. While someone like Daisy is the pursued. Being a go with the flow type of woman, instead of a go getter. A main symbolic item is that...
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...caste between Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta or Epsilon to stick with for the rest of my life, I would pick Beta. Why? I would choose Beta because I picture Alpha being almost perfect. Perfect abilities, perfect features, the perfect capacity to do amazing on everything. I know that I make mistakes in my life and I know that sometimes I struggle and that I could do better on many assignments, but I accept my flaws and know that I need leeway to make mistakes and not be perfect. Beta is the perfect caste to me because it gives me that leeway that I need. I would be extremely happy with being a Beta for the rest of my life. But thats not to say that one caste is better than another. Every caste is a necessity for the World State. As a quote in the book reads, “Every one works for every one else. We can’t do without any one. Even Epsilons are useful. We couldn’t do without Epsilons. Every one works for every one else. We can’t do without any one.” This quote perfectly defines what I am trying to say. Every caste is needed and appreciated by others. Of course, no caste would want to be that lower or higher caste. People will be who they want to be but there needs to be variety of people and I am proud to say that I would fall into the caste of Beta. Beta holds my level of capacity and talents and I feel as if its the perfect decision knowing none of the other castes measure up to my abilities. Journal Entry #2 In the first three...
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...How would you feel if someone told you that no one would mourn your death? Throughout Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World, the reader is shown scientific processes that are used to create the objectively “happy” individuals that the book follows, Lenina and Fanny. One such process of this nature is “death conditioning,” where the children are discouraged to care about or even remember the deceased. We see such a distinct sense of apathy in the New World of the novel, so much so that when John The Savage sees his mother die, he is labeled as a freak and a monster. This constant apathy is used to show Huxley’s concern for the present day world and comment on the nonsensical way society handles death. Because of this, Brave New World is written...
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...Dystopia, We by Evgeniy Zamiatin and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, these influences are crucial for the development, the understanding in the context of the period, and the impact on the literary field. In this essay we will try to analyze the social, historical and cultural context of both novels,...
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...Children are central to the establishment of a totalitarian society in both Huxley’s Brave New World and Orwell’s 1984. Children are corrupted by the government in both novels. They are controlled and lack freedom. These children are completely opposite from the children in today’s society. In Brave New World, no one raises children anymore and maternity is considered explicit. Children are mass-produced and raised in “Hatcheries and Conditioning Centers.” The Director describes that this center fertilizes a mother's eggs to create babies that develop in bottles using the “Bokanovsky’s Process.” The Director says, “A bokanovskified egg will bud, will proliferate, will divide. From eight to ninety-six buds, and every bud will grow into a perfectly formed embryo, and every embryo will grow into a full-sized adult…” (6). After decanting, these babies are mentally conditioned to make them joyful inhabitants of the society who enjoy the work they are assigned to. The people produced belong to either the Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, or Epsilons. The Alphas and Betas being the most intellectual, the Gammas and Deltas having no individuality and being capable of doing a single task repetitively, and the Epsilons not being able to...
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...“Community. Stability. Identity.” These three words are the foundation of the dystopian world created by author Aldous Huxley in his novel Brave New World. In this novel, Huxley creates a society known as the World State in which individuals are created and designed to play a specific role in society. Much of the way the society is built reflects the philosophy of Karl Marx. Huxley creates this new world to ironically mirror the ideas of Marxism in how it can ensure social stability. Or can it? Brave New World was written in 1932 during a time with no economic stability or security and after the Industrial Revolution where most of the workforce consisted of cheap labor within factories. It was a time where wealth was distributed only to those...
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...Scientism and Technocracy in Brave New World Introduction Brave New World is well recognized as a dystopian novel, in which Aldous Huxley satirically criticized scientism and technocracy. In this new world, science and technology was paramount. It dominated all aspects of human life. Humans were mass produced in laboratory and factories; human moral value were moulded by sleeping teaching; human emotions were controlled by soma. The overuse of science and technology reduced humans to one-dimensional man without individuality and the ability of critical thinking. Human beings were used as tools for political and economic purposes. The thesis is to study scientism and technocracy, the "improper application of science to human life", from two aspects: the interference with human physical life and the elimination of human spiritual life. Scientism and Technocracy Scientism, according to Zhu Wang, is "an excessive belief in the power of scientific knowledge and technology to solve all human problems including spiritual crisis" (194). It is "the authority of natural sciences, dominating all aspects of human life and rejecting religion, philosophy, art, and literature" (194). In Brave New World, Huxley depicted a dystopian society to condemn the excessive use of science and technology which eliminated human individuality and civilization. He pointed out in his Complete Essays Vol.6 that science was "the reduction of multiplicity to unity….the theoretical reduction...
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