Brave New orld and the Island
The Need for a "ay Out" in Brave New orld and the Island

The future looks grim for mankind in the dystopian novel Brave New orld and the film The Island. In both works, a terrible dependency upon technology and "science" has caused mankind to lose its "soul" and forget the transcendental values that make life worth living. Both works are effective in displaying the negative aspects of this sort of dystopia. But neither offers an effective alternative to such a future: John the Savage hangs himself in despair, and the heroes of The Island merely go boating (on what appears to be a permanent holiday). This paper will explain the satirical points of both and show how each is only partially effective in communicating a moral/social message that can elicit people to think and change.

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Works Cited

Bay, Michael, dir. The Island. LA: DreamWorks, 2005. Film.

Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. NY: Harper and Row, 1969. Print.

Jones, E. Michael. Libido Dominandi: Sexual Liberation and Political Control. IN: St.

Augustine's Press, 2000. Print.

Brave New orld:
Oh onder! That Has Such Similar People (to us) in it!

Aldous Huxley is often cited as an architect of a society that is eerily prescient of our own future. "In a number of specifics Huxley's prophecies are tellingly accurate," writes literary critic Kirkpatrick Sale, such as "the ubiquity of sports, television in hotel and hospital rooms, a general ignorance of history," and "psychology and chemistry as important change agents," as opposed to religion. (Sale, 2000, p.3) This new world of the future, however, is often depicted as a world of falsehood, in contrast to the truth embodied by the savage John. However, perhaps Huxley's distopia it is not so much a society where truth and happinees are incomensurate, but a place where personal choice and freedom are impossible to experience at the same time as one is perfectly happy. To take responsibility for one's present actions and one's…...

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Works Cited

Gray, John. "Back to the future: Aldous Huxley was very much a product of his time; racist, snobbish and superior. But he was also a visionary, a chronicler of our disturbed modernity: Aldous Huxley: An English Intellectual." New Statesman. April 8, 2002. 15 Jan 2004.

 http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4582_131/ai_85250584 

Critical book review of Huxley's novel and of a recent biography of the novel. Provides an overview of contemporary and modern critical reception to the novel.

Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. 1931. Searchable Online. 15 Jan 2004.

rave New World
Largely, the World State is able to control society through technology in this fiction, set in the year 2540, or for 632 years after the creation of the first Model T. car by American industrialist Henry Ford. This is the Central London Hatching and Conditioning Centre, a savage reservation in New Mexico, a Utopia, where no family life has existed for more than six centuries. Human life is manufactured from the okanosky and Podsnan Processes, which produce almost identical human embryos and condition them in bottles, according to five castes: Alpha, eta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon. Alpha embryos are to become the leaders and thinkers of the World State, like ernard Marx. The two lesser castes are slightly less physically and intellectually programmed than the Alphans. The Deltans are conditioned to be averse to intellectual and artistic objects and made into docile and eager consumers. As children, they…...

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Bibliography

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3. Gehlhaus, Ricky. Brave New World: the Cost of Stability. Somaweb.org., 1998. http://somaweb.org/w/sub/BNW_CostO/Stability.html

Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World.. Paperback. Perennial Classics Reprint Edition, 1998

He went to jail for refusing to pay taxes, to protest America's involvement in the Mexican ar"(Henry David Thoreau," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia, 2007). hile it could be argued that refusing to pay taxes hurt Americans who had nothing to do with the government's decision, Thoreau would counter that if no one obeyed their conscience, and everyone simply conformed to societal dictates, positive change would be impossible in the world. Even in protest, Thoreau still showed respect for others, adopting a strategy of passive resistance, while remaining true to his convictions"(Henry David Thoreau," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia, 2007).
Upon seeing Huxley's world, Thoreau would no doubt immediately leave and begin a new alden-like homestead in isolation, on the outskirts of John's remote reservation. Thoreau, as evidenced in his pacifism and social conscience, would agree with Socrates and the scientists of Brave New orld that to be happy, an individual must…...

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Henry David Thoreau." Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2007. 30 Mar 2008. http://encarta.msn.com.

Republic." Classics Technology Center. 2000. 30 Mar 2008.  http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/republic.htm

living in the kind of horrific society that Aldous Huxley warned about almost a century ago. In Brave New orld, Huxley wrote about a world where people are only concerned with satisfaction of desires. They are constantly entertained through visual and tactile means in addition to being constantly drugged. Although we have not yet reached a pointer where we are artificially reproducing, there are still far too many similarities. Decades ago, Huxley was concerned that society was denigrating into a condition where people are obsessed with consumption and with feeling satiated to the point where they no longer question their government or the motivations of other people. He was fearful of people becoming so complacent as to allow themselves to be dominated by a dictator. The subject matter he writes about might not be pleasant, but it is necessary. The closer our society comes to reflecting the one he…...

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Works Cited

Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World: And, Brave New World Revisited. New York: HarperCollins,

2004. Print.

John the Savage manifests the kind of high, independent spirituality spoken of in "Beyond Good and Evil." However, while John seeks a more conventional, common good Nietzsche spurns any predetermined moral systems at all, and advocates an independent, emotional, and irrational wilfulness. Nietzsche's system, unlike Epictetus, is not based upon acceptance of the limits of the human condition, but seeks deeper happiness (not pleasure) in resistance.
But both Epictetus and Nietzsche seek happiness, not pleasure, as well as truth, and that is what is so vital, life-sustaining, and human about their philosophy. They advocate the need for freedom and choice, and resisting easy solutions and obedience to conventional norms. hile Bentham might have found a utilitarian home in Brave New orld, he would not have found happiness, much less truth. Happiness is different from pleasure, it is based upon choice and engagement in the world, and necessitates some internal self-willed…...

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Bentham, Jeremy. "An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation." 1781.

30 Oct 2008.  http://www.utilitarianism.com/jeremy-bentham/index.html#four 

Epictetus. "The Enchiridion." Translated by Elizabeth Carter. 135 a.C.E.

30 Oct 2008.  http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html

Brave New orld
One of the surprising aspects of Brave New orld, which was written by Aldous Huxley in 1931, is its parallels with today's society. People drug themselves with soma and meaningless sex in Huxley's dystopia. Today, we live in a world where people are over-prescribed pharmaceuticals; are more interested in their smartphones than the person sitting in front of them; and everyone can easily find meaningless hookups by using an app. The worship of Henry Ford may be no more but many are equally worshipful of the Apple Corporation that designed their phones. Today's emphasis on self-esteem and feeling good about one's self, taken to the extreme, can also be seen as analogous to the conditioned contentment with the status quo in Brave New orld, along with the inhabitant's lack of political activism, despite living in a society which denies them any kind of freedom to choose their future.…...

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Works Cited

Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: HarperPerennial, 2006.

Miner, Horace. "Body Ritual among the Nacirema." The American Anthropologist, 58.3 (1956),

pp. 503-507.

Freedom and Individuality in Brave New orld
Stories are popular when they enable audiences to escape from reality for a bit. Fiction is unique because it can tell a story while also making appoint. In Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New orld, we have an entertaining story as well as social commentary. The novel's significance lies in its ability to explore several complex, social issues stemming from a thoroughly conditioned society. Huxley uses realistic characters, such as the Savage, to caution us of the dangers of a becoming a society that acquiesces control to the government, becoming a victim of advanced technology and counterfeit happiness. In this kind of society, freedom is a myth and citizens are happy only because their minds are numb. This type of society may sound far-fetched but the reality is that it could emerge in the very society we live in today through a powerful government infiltrating…...

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Works Cited

Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Harper and Row Publishers. 1960.

Hochman, Jhan. "An overview of Brave New World." GALE Resource Database. Site Accessed

March 24, 2008.

Hochman, Jhan. "An Overview of Brave New World." Exploring Novels. 1998. GALE

Future: Prediction's in Huxley's Brave New orld
Aldus Huxley's famous dystopian novel, Brave New orld, was written over 75 years ago, yet is because it's some of it's predictions about future society are seen to be amazingly prophetic. This is certainly one of the reason's the novel is considered a modern classic, since as Huxley writes in his 1958 introduction to the novel "a book about the future can interest us only if it looks as if it's prophecies can conceivably come true (7)." Of particular aptness in today's times are his descriptions of feats of biological engineering, his characters' aversion to aging and ugliness, and the constant use of drugs to provide happiness in the novel's vision of the world. These particular vision's of the future are all extremely relatable to today's society in the modern United States.

A great many essays on cloning, bioethics, genetic engineering, and related topics…...

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Gillis, Malcolm. "Harnessing Technologies for the 21st Century." Proceedings Sep. 2003: 63-75. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.

Hall, Stephen S. "The Short of It." The New York Times Magazine. 16 Oct. 2005. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.

Huxley, Aldus. Brave New World. 1932. New York: RosettaBooks. 2000. Kindle Edition.

O'Neill, Terry. "We Have Seen the Future." The Report 18 Mar. 2002: 36-41. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.

Plato the epublic and Huxley's Brave New World
IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE SOCIETY IN BAVE NEW WOLD MOST CLOSELY PAALLEL THE IDEAL CITY DESCIBED BY PLATO IN THE EPUBLIC?

In some modes the essence of The epublic is regarded as very complicated, however, it enjoins together completely to prepare the attitude of Plato on the society and government. It is transparent that the Platonic society is to be greatly hierarchical as is with the society in Huxley's World State. The model city state as per Plato had three hierarchal section. The 'Artisans' constitute the lowest class of the society, comprising of the laborers and artisans whose main objectives are concentrated in their sensations. Their immediate job is to attain skill in action upon the physical plane. The class above this lowest stratum is 'Auxillaries' comprising of the men who with their influential passions and attitudes are persistently struggling with themselves. Plato…...

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Barash, Nanelle, R; Barash, David. P. Biology, Culture, and Persistent Literary Dystopias. The Chronicle Review. December 3, 2004. Volume 51, Issue 15,-Page B10. Retrieved from   Accessed on 25 June, 2005http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i15/15b01001.htm 

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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Today, the human genome has been successfully sequenced and researchers are continuing their efforts to reduce the incidence of birth defects through early in vitro detection. Moreover, prescription drug abuse in on the rise, and many observers caution against the emergence of a world government that controls all countries. In addition, the ready availability of birth control has created an environment in which promiscuous sex is not only tolerated, it is in essence being encouraged. Likewise, industry and consumer robots are increasingly automating formally manual tasks. In fact, in many ways, modern society is increasingly resembling that of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932). This paper reviews Huxley's book to elaborate on these five most important ideas, followed by a summary of the research and important findings in the conclusion.

Review and Discussion

At first blush, the world of Bernard Marx, the story's protagonist, appears to…...

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Finally, Huxley's Fordism is the religion of the land that celebrates automation, and this reflects the high value placed on the ability of this society to create its own citizens in an assembly line-like fashion.

Conclusion

The research showed that Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932) describes a number of trends that have actually come to pass in varying degrees in the 21st century, including most especially the increased abuse of drugs, the use of genetic engineering, the emergence of a one-world government, free sex and an automated production system that provides for society's consumer needs.

Mr. Huxley:
All of my life, I have felt as though I have been trapped in a play not of my own making. In my wildest dreams, I imagined myself a Hamlet-like character, suffering the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune." Hamlet said: "to die, to sleep, aye, that's the rub," when contemplating suicide. However, in my present world, I have come to realize that all of those around me including my late mother have been dwelling in a kind of living sleep, not of their own making. Your satire is so apt, so accurate -- it highlights how the false pursuit of pleasure is a false notion. Although I do not desire suicide, rather I feel that the entire world in which I live is committing a kind of spiritual suicide and rejecting all that is truly good in life, versus what is pleasurable. "Grief and remorse, compassion and…...

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Work Cited

Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. HarperPerennial, 2006

That completely changes commercial patterns because customization becomes not special but standard. On the other hand, because reaching these markets of one is so direct and precise, it eliminates the waste involved in mass marketing. There is no need to send sales forces out in cars, or to waste untold hours cold-calling, in theory.
That, of course, raises one of the most significant advantages of the current trend toward increasingly technological sales and fulfillment to increasingly highly identified markets; less environmental damage. Granted, it may be that a buyer in Singapore wants an item only created in Istanbul, so shipping is involved. On the other hand, it is likely, applying Moore's Law to commerce as well as technology, that before long, mini-factories will spring up across the globe to fulfill desires close to the locus of their creation. It will be demanding: Marketers in such a commercial environment "will have…...

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E-Compensation: Benefits and Challenges
Compensation is one of the basic roles of the Human esource department. This refers to the process of rewarding effort of the employees by assigning salaries and wages for work done. Compensation serves as an appreciation for good work done and as a motivation for more work to be done. E-compensation is the art of making these said payments through the online platform. This is where the human resource managers issue payments for the work done through the online channels available over the Internet. This mode of payment does not involve the handling of cash in any way. All payments are made using the electronic means that the online platform provides. The following study identifies the merits and demerits web-based compensation systems compared to the usual stand-alone or a PC-based method.

PC-based system

This method of compensation involves the use of a fixed method where spreadsheets are filled using…...

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Bondarouk, T. (2014). Human Resource Management, Social Innovation, and Technology. Bradford: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

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social world?
The effects of information technology on the society

The social capital framework

In this paper, we evaluate the validity of the statement that IT is radically changing the social world. We perform a critical analysis of the concept of social world and social capital and how it is influenced by information technology. This is carried against the backdrop of the concept of information technology as the conceptual framework. The paper concludes that indeed the statement that IT is radically changing the social world is true.

The contemporary society has witnessed a series of transformations which can directly be attributed to the concept of technological dynamism. Technological dynamism is a concept which was defined by Albu (2009) as the rate of exchange in the level of predictability of new technologies. The technological advancements that we witness today are largely as a result of the lack of knowledge that exists in our industries…...

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Veenstra, G. (2000). Social capital, SES and health: An individual-level analysis. Social Science and Medicine, 50, 619-629.

Wellman, B.A., Quan-Haase, A., Witte, J., & Hampton, K. (2001). Does the Internet increase, decrease, or supplement social capital? Social networks, participation, and community commitment. American Behavioral Scientist, 45(3), 437-456.

Woolcock, M., & Narayan, D. (2000). Social capital: Implications for development theory, research, and policy. The World Bank Research Observer, 15, 225-249.

A Captivating Title: The Gateway to Enthralling Narratives

In the realm of storytelling, titles hold an unparalleled power to captivate readers, luring them into the depths of a narrative with promises of intrigue, wonder, and adventure. A well-crafted title serves as a gateway, unlocking the imagination and setting the stage for an immersive and unforgettable reading experience.

1. Piquing Curiosity and Interest

A captivating title ignites a spark of curiosity, driving readers to delve into the story with an insatiable desire to discover its hidden depths. By hinting at a tantalizing mystery or promising an extraordinary journey, a title entices readers to abandon....

The Art of Captivating Titles

In the realm of good writing, a title is more than just a label; it is a captivating first impression that can entice readers to delve into the depths of your work. A truly memorable title has the power to resonate with an audience, spark curiosity, and set the tone for the journey that lies ahead. Crafting such a title requires a delicate balance of intrigue, brevity, and relevance to the content. Here are the key elements that contribute to the allure of a captivating title:

1. Enigmatic Allure

Titles that hint at a deeper meaning or....

The Significance of Titles in Defining Literary Content

In the realm of literature, a title serves as the captivating gateway to a world of words, a beacon that guides readers toward the essence of a work. Beyond its immediate function of identifying a piece, a title plays a pivotal role in shaping reader expectations, providing insights into the narrative's themes, and offering a glimpse into the author's creative intentions.

Setting the Stage for Reader Expectations

Titles possess an almost magical ability to evoke anticipation and set the stage for reader expectations. By crafting carefully chosen words, authors can instill within readers a sense....