Category: Brave New World

This essay will discuss The Brave New World book by Aldous Huxley and the poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S Eliot. The Brave New World was about a perfect society with minor defects. There are some people that want to go beyond what they can do and explore. The government will…

In a world where humans are conditioned based off their social class, the futuristic society in Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley demonstrates the sacrifices one must take to insure stability. The mass-production of individuals and hypnopaedic are used to structure their ideal civilization, where they are taught what to believe, ensuring contentment throughout the…

A common tactic that authors use in their novels, plays, and short stories is the use of contrast. More specifically, authors often use contrasting settings in their works that represent different ideas or different types of people to contribute to the overall meaning of their work. Aldous Huxleys Brave New World is no different. The…

There is no denying the passivity of the world today. The contemporary society is a society permeated with technology and specifically social media. Social media is a contemporary online society where passivity to real feelings is the order of the day. H.G. Wells The Time Machine and Aldous Huxleys Brave New World may have been…

In Aldus Huxleys Brave New World, Huxleys use of character descriptions and dialogue emphasizes his foiling of Lenina to Linda. He does this foiling not only to show differences between the characters but also to give insight into the society outside of New London. Other than coming from the same society, Linda and Lenina also…

Good morning, senior students and teachers, I hope you are all doing well today. It is a pleasure to be educating you today about how literature is a vital tool for social critique and transformation. I would love to be here with you all day discussing how many different themes Huxley has decided to put…

The dystopian book Brave New World interprets the idea of freedom and social control in a society where the government shows freedom to people but when in reality controls their rights without their acknowledgment. Bernard Marx, who is an Alpha male, fails to fit in with his society because of his test-tube mistake which causes…

Many works of literature include a character with unusual origins to provide contrast to societal norms and to introduce complex relationships involving clashing morals and values. In his novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley depicts John the Savage as an outsider because of his unusual upbringing and his headstrong morals in both the Savage Reservation…

Narratives can be used as powerful tools to encourage an audience to question the cultural beliefs and practices of their world and to inspire action among them. Aldous Huxleys speculative fiction Brave New World (1932) and James McTeigues film V for Vendetta (2006) use the dystopic conventions present in their context to comment on the…

Social status is not always determined by the money that somebody has. Sometimes, it may be determined by the ability somebody has to adapt to what they are given. Other times, it can refer to what type of person a specific human may actually be. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, social status is…