...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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...over the whole economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance and large amounts of government made terrorism. Since totalitarian governments have absolute control over their education system and society, they can cement their power over the whole population. The government control in Aldous Huxley’s Brave...
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...Fearing the Future America, “land of the free and home of the Brave”… New World. Many people feel that the government and media is conditioning us to act a certain way. To most Americans the idea of not having your own freedoms is an absurd thought, but is it really that far of a stretch from reality? Has the government and media conditioned us slowly into thinking certain things, whether it’s television, advertising, internet, or even education? The government has been making regulations and standards to categorize us in a very strategic manner. It all comes down to a test score, the (SAT/ACT). These two scores can make, or brake a person. Is it really fair to have an individual’s life determined on how you act and score on a test as a late teen? Does the SAT and other standardized tests really predict your future success, the...
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...Title: Consumption and Utopia Student’s name: Professor’s name: Course title: 18 May 2016 Consumption and Utopia A Brave New World is a novel that was written in the year 1931, but however published in the year 1932 by Aldous Huxley, (Huxley, 2006). The novel “A brave new world” is said to have been set in London in the year AD 2540. It portrays a futuristic society whereby the individual is to be sacrificed for the state, science will be used to control and subjugate, and a world in which all forms of art and history are outlawed. These novel as well anticipates the developments and growth in reproductive technology, psychological manipulation, sleep-learning, as well as several classical conditionings that combine based on the change in the society. These novel, “Brave new world”, revolves around a number of ideas from science, sex, power, suffering, literature and writing, freedom and confinement, isolation, drug and alcohol, identity, spirituality, society and class, and finally the dissatisfaction that comes with our different passions and live. Based on research, (Huxley, 2006), Aldous Huxley wrote the novel “brave new world”, to portray science and how it affects people. He intend to portray a high technological and futuristic society and how horrifying and at the same time fascinating it might end up to be. A world in which the society is controlled by their very own impulses, thoughts and emotions and how science may at times tend to imprison humanity rather...
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...After the year 1984 passed the world breathed a sigh of relief that Orwell’s prophecy of oppression by government or a “big brother” did not come true. In 1985 Neil Postman published Amusing Ourselves to Death in which he describes a takeover of a passive society using Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World as the prophecy. Postman describes imminent death by comparing Orwellian fears to those of Huxley’s: “We had forgotten that alongside Orwell’s dark vision, there was another – slightly older, slightly less well known, equally chilling: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Contrary to common belief, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing…What Orwell feared were those who ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy…In 1984, Huxley added, people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World they are controlled by inflicting pleasure” (vii). With entertainment and technology surrounding the population everyday...
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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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...dominant theme.” To what extent do ‘1984’ and ‘Brave New World’ depict a dehumanised society? Both Orwell’s ‘1984’ and Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ certainly deny humanness to the characters in their novels. Kelman defines humanness as having two key attributes, identity and community. Dehumanisation occurs when these are removed from society. It is true that individuality is denied to citizens and although the community remains, it is subverted in order to fit the government ideal. It can therefore be said that dehumanisation occurs as people are denied and identity and the true meaning of community which is the perception that a person is part of an interconnected community of individuals. Dystopian literature serves to critique the current social and political conditions by looking at potential conditions. Both novels were written when the fear of growing totalitarian governments was present. The novels are a prediction of what may happen to society if this power grows worldwide. In 1946, Orwell wrote "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it." Around the time Huxley wrote ‘Brave New World’ there had been huge discoveries made in science and technology, Huxley took these and created a dystopia that uses technology to trick citizens into loving their slavery. The governments in both ‘1984’ and ‘Brave New World’ dehumanise people in order to maintain their...
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...Brave New World: Methods of control Tiffany Yeung All around the world, there are different figures of authority with different methods of control in order to prevent chaos from rising within the society. “Brave New World”, is a dystopian novel written by Aldous Huxley and in the brave new world society, we witness a futuristic approach to a variety of methods of control in order to maintain stability. In our society today, many countries use fear as a way to manipulate and to control, however in the world state, they take on a different approach and use different methods to suppress rebellion. The world state uses scientific development and technological advances to manipulate human behaviour into making the citizens happy with their predestined roles. Specifically, the use of conditioning, the controlled reproduction and medical labs, and the use of soma is all used as different factors in order to manipulate the citizens and create a society based on science and technology, consumerism and happiness. By having the citizens being manipulated to enjoy their lives and be happy, there is little room for rebellion resulting in maintained stability and order for the world state. The use of classical conditioning is thoroughly described and used in the book and is a major factor that contributes to the manipulation of the citizens. This process was first discovered when a young boy recited an entire broadcast that was played during his sleep...
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...into a perfectly formed embryo, and every embryo into a full sized adult” (4). With the help of technology, identity and the purpose of nature have been obliterated. By destroying the idea of the individual, the only thing left is to meet the fairly simple needs of the people. As a result, this makes the individual dependent on the state to not only provide for them, but to have complete control over all of society. Including the individual's knowledge of the natural world, the impression of god and a sense of their placement within the system. Throughout the novel, Brave New World the idea of a utopian society is questioned to be compatible. In other words, one could argue that the citizens in the novel are satisfied and happy. While another...
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...Although Huxley intended Brave New World (1932) to represent a futuristic “utopia”, the prevalent motif of stability stemming from obedience can be found in real societies that existed before the book was even published. In the early to mid 1800s, the American South consisted of a social hierarchy and an economy that depended on the complacency of its slaves (including former slave, Frederick Douglass). In both the World State and the American South, the overall stability and “happiness” relied on the compliance of all people (especially lower classes) into a hierarchy; this compliance was achieved through mental conditioning and imposing ignorance upon individuals by denying education. Hierarchy was one of the major factors for stability...
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...Christopher Columbus is notorious around the world as an explorer, a conqueror, a determined sailor, but, nevertheless, a thief. Most Americans in today’s modern society are not unaware of Columbus’ sins, however in President Bill Clinton’s 2000 Columbus Day speech, he states, “While more than 500 years have passed since Christopher Columbus first sailed to these shores, the lessons of his voyage are still with us: brave, determined, open to new ideas and new experiences, in many ways he foreshadowed the character of the American people who honor him today.” President Clinton does not accurately inform, nor remind, Americans of the treacherous acts Christopher Columbus imposed upon the Native American race. Due to the horrors lurking in Columbus’ past, including the slaughtering and enslavement of Native Americans, eventually leading to the natives being placed in reservations, Christopher Columbus began a nation growing on lies and inhumane cruelty. Christopher Columbus was an immoralistic fraud and a man who utilized merciless tactics to achieve a sense of greatness. As the first European to land in the Bahamian...
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...from other people. I live close to San Francisco, CA and it is one of the most diverse cities in America. Not only are there so many different races, there are a bunch of different lifestyles that people live out here. For example; you have your surfer dudes, hippies, gays/lesbians/transgender, and you typical straight person. I can learn something from all of these different types of people. I can’t say that I have learned anything new about my own culture and history, as I am pretty up to date with what’s going on in the world today. I am African American and I pretty much know all of my history. I was nice to brush up on my history because it is very easy to forget what things were like in the past. This is the reason why I always try to tell my kids how fortunate they are. I don’t know if I could have lived in the segregated times and during the civil rights movement. I probably would have fled the country had I been living during the slave trade era. I’m just very thankful that I’m able to raise my children in a world where they have all of the same opportunities as anyone else. On to the future; 2050 to be exact, I think that things will be very different as far as population is concerned. I think that in the coming years, the United States will become very highly populated with immigrants from many different countries. Most immigrants come here for a better opportunities and a better chance at success. In Monterey, Mexico there is the fact that...
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...closely keeps audiences from understanding the text's true strengths and weaknesses. By carefully examining the ethos, pathos, and logos of an argument, the reader is able to determine whether or not an author makes an effective argument. An analysis of this sort will show that Neil Postman's speech “Amusing Ourselves to Death” is lacking in all three areas to be effective. Summary Neil Postman, department chair of Culture and Communications at NYU, gave his speech “Amusing Ourselves to Death” at a book fair in Germany whose theme was “Orwell in the year 2000.” It was written to demonstrate that an “Orwellian dictatorship” was not necessary to deprive people or their rights. Instead, he asserts, the west is like that of Huxley's “Brave New World”; it is a society that has no need to be violently controlled because we are ever distracted by frivolities. The most potent distraction, he says, is the television. He begins by citing a few key statistics: eighty percent of all homes in the United States have a television, and the average American child watches 5000 hours of television before he or she even starts school (p. 449). Television, he says, is full of“junk.” The serious issue at hand is not just that there's a lot of junk, but, rather, that serious topics such as politics are being turned into “junk” (p. 449) because they have had an element of entertainment attached to them. Other subjects like religion and education have been put on the TV with an added element of...
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...the path you choose to take whether it’s the easy or hard way. In the chapter “On the Rainy River” from Tim O’Brien’s story The Things They Carried the epic hero has withstood the test of time. In the test, Tim introduces the way war makes him feel when he states, “But war twists and shifts the landmarks by which we navigate our lives, casting light on darkened areas that for many people remain forever unexplored”(Mockenhaupt). This direct quote supports my claim because he’s suggesting that war means hope and renewal. It closes the dark doors such as despair or ignorance when you explore it. In other...
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...TRYST WITH DESTINY Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity. At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her successes, and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future ? Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon this Assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. Before the birth of freedom, we have endured all the pains of labour and our hearts are heavy with the memory of this sorrow. Some...
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