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Aldous Huxley

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Brave New World Summary

Written in 1931 and published the following year, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a dystopianor anti-utopiannovel. In it, the author questions the values of 1931 London, using satire and irony to portray a futuristic world in which many of the contemporary trends in British and American society have been taken to extremes. Though he was already a best-selling author, Huxley achieved international acclaim with this now classic novel. Because Brave New World...

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Encyclopedia Articles (2)

Brave New World

1,925 words, approx. 7 pages

Brave New World One common way to evoke unease about modern science and technology is to say that humanity is headed toward a "brave new world." Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New Wo... Read more

Brave New World

3,713 words, approx. 13 pages

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Aldous Huxley was born in 1894 into one of England's most distinguished intellectual families. His grandfather, Thomas Henry Huxley, was a brilliant biologist nickn... Read more

Aldous Huxley Biographies (7)

Aldous Huxley

6,622 words, approx. 23 pages

Novelist and essayist Aldous Huxley has been described by New Statesman contributor V. S. Pritchett as "that rare being--the prodigy, the educable young man, the perennial asker of unusual questions."... Read more

Aldous Leonard Huxley

678 words, approx. 3 pages

The novels, short stories, and essays of the English author Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) explore crucial questions of science, religion, and philosophy.Aldous Huxley was born into a family of int... Read more

Aldous (Leonard) Huxley

11,881 words, approx. 40 pages

Tall, witty, charismatic, conspicuously handsome, a polymath, Aldous Huxley was an intellectual lighthouse for over forty years. He wrote poetry; drama; screenplays; journalism; biography; social, s... Read more

Aldous (Leonard) Huxley

4,063 words, approx. 14 pages

It has often been argued that even in his fiction Aldous Leonard Huxley never ceased to be the essayist. To the extent that, from Crome Yellow (1921) onward, he shared Thomas Love Peacock's interest i... Read more

Aldous (Leonard) Huxley

4,158 words, approx. 14 pages

Among intellectuals Aldous Huxley 's reputation as a novelist flourished in the 1920s. His literary accomplishments span many genres: poetry, essays, plays, journalism, historical studies, travel wor... Read more

Aldous (Leonard) Huxley

5,883 words, approx. 20 pages

Aldous Huxley earned widespread attention in the 1920s as a promising young fiction writer who wrote brilliant and scathing stories about British writers and intellectuals gathered around socialite Ot... Read more

Aldous (Leonard) Huxley

4,051 words, approx. 14 pages

For four decades Aldous Huxley was a major figure in the literary mainstream, yet he is now chiefly remembered for a novel that is, by any definition, science fiction. In this respect his position is ... Read more

Essays & Analysis (100)

Critical Essay by Peter E. Firchow

654 words, approx. 3 pages

2,918 words, approx. 10 pages

"There's no such thing as a divided allegiance; you're so conditioned that you can't help doing what you ought to do." (Huxley 217) Conditioning in Brave New World was something that nobody could avo... Read more

Brave New World: Character Study Of Bernard Marx

1,342 words, approx. 5 pages

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Bernard Marx, the key character for roughly the first half of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, is not a typical main character. Nothing seems to work out for him, he... Read more

Brave New World - "Freedom of the Individual"

806 words, approx. 3 pages

Freedom. Liberty. Lack of restrictions. Aldous Huxley's work Brave New World places people under what our society's standards would regard as very restrictive. Genetically engineering people in factor... Read more

Dystopian Societies

1,287 words, approx. 5 pages

There are many factors that affect the efficiency of a society. One of the factors deals with the level of integrity and honesty of the society. When the society becomes dishonest and secretive, rebel... Read more

"Brave New World" and "1984"

1,906 words, approx. 7 pages

Control is one of the major building blocks of both government and society. There are numerous techniques by which a government can gain and maintain control. In the novels, A Brave New World by Aldos... Read more

Brave New World : Analysis on "Happiness"

1,419 words, approx. 5 pages

In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, one of the recurring themes that show up is the search for happiness, and to forget all worries. The book is set in the future, in the time of "our For... Read more

Brave New World Vs. Blade Runner

2,226 words, approx. 8 pages

`Brave New World', a satirical novel by Aldous Huxley, and `Blade Runner', a post-modern film by Ridley Scott, are two dystopian, science-fiction texts which address the tension between humanity and ... Read more

Comparison of "A Good House" and "Brave New World"

813 words, approx. 3 pages

Have you ever listened to your grandmother talking endlessly about her little story? Have you ever watched a movie about future society? The two books, "A Good House" and "Brave New World", present an... Read more

Huxley's Use of Language to Emphasize the Nature of His "Brave New World"

1,277 words, approx. 5 pages

The nature of the `world state' in Huxley's Brave New World is one characterised by control, regardless of whether it is social, economic, educational or political, although political control is allow... Read more

Huxley's Vision of the Future Compared to America as It Is Today.

995 words, approx. 4 pages

Children playing with complicated apparatus, world controllers wanting to increase consumption in order boost cash flow, children participating in erotic activities, scientists trying to play God, no ... Read more

Brave New World and Pleasantville

610 words, approx. 3 pages

The works Brave New World and Pleasantville were created over fifty years apart.  One is about a world over five hundred years in the future. Whereas the other is about a world in the 1900s. &nbs... Read more

A Brave New World: Religion and its Society

982 words, approx. 4 pages

Society in all cultures share a common trait: Religion. Studying religion in any society reveals many of their traits and explains the actions of the individual. For example, Jewish people live their ... Read more

Quotation from Brave New World Analyzed

285 words, approx. 1 pages

This preceding quotation serves as form to the major differences between the English based "modern civilization," in addition to the reservation in New Mexico, and divulges the imposing conflict that ... Read more

Brave New World Essay: John the Savage

622 words, approx. 3 pages

Bewildered, lost, and in a foreign land. That was how my grandfather felt as he stepped off from his plane, and into America. He was born and raised in India with very traditional values so when he b... Read more

Utopia in Brave New World

925 words, approx. 4 pages

Have you ever wished things would be just perfect? I, for certain, know I have. Yet, if you really stop to think about it, perfection isn't attainable because we always want something bigger and bett... Read more

Social Policy in Australia

1,585 words, approx. 6 pages

How strong was the idea of a `Brave New World' in Australia at the end of the Second World War? Discuss in relation to social and economic policy and foreign policy. The idea of a `brave new world' w... Read more

Compare and Contrast: Brave New World and 1984

398 words, approx. 2 pages

After reading Brave New World and 1984, I come across that these two book are very similar in many ways. Even each Utopian society takes pace differently from each other there are more similarities in... Read more

A Brave New World?

1,990 words, approx. 7 pages

A Brave New World" In the novel, Brave New World, by Adolous Huxley we are introduced to a world where an all-powerful government dictates the occupation, intelligence, morals, and values of an indi... Read more

Brave New World: Interpretive Essay

961 words, approx. 4 pages

Everyone wants happiness. Everyone wishes for happiness. But how far people would go to get joy is a different story. In a Brave New World, happiness is taken to a whole new level. People no longer fi... Read more

Literary Analysis of Brave New World

1,008 words, approx. 4 pages

Main Character: John is the protagonist and the symbol of the old world order. He was born on the Savage Reservation to Linda, who had lived in the new world and been abandoned on the reservation by... Read more

Eugenics in Huxley's BNW

326 words, approx. 2 pages

In Huxley's, "Brave New World" the author relies on the concept of "eugenics," which is the study of human reproduction to enhance the health of future generations. Those efforts being per se positi... Read more

Characterization of the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning

471 words, approx. 2 pages

Characterization The first person to be introduced in Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel,,Brave New World" is the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning. The reader instantly acquires an accurate imag... Read more

Comparitive Essay of Blade Runner and Brave New World

665 words, approx. 3 pages

Both texts explore the degradation of human nature, where man is a commodity and human worth is measured quantitatively. In these worlds consumerism is a religion, man emulates god and all moral respo... Read more

Brave New World Versus Blade Runner

1,569 words, approx. 6 pages

Both deeply immersed within the sci-fi genre, BNW and BR are set in a futuristic dystopia. The texts warn humanity about the impact(s) of technology and raise issues such as, the degradation of human ... Read more

Comparative Studies of Brave New World and Blade Runner

1,225 words, approx. 5 pages

John claims: "I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin." - these are the essence of humanity which Huxley presents in his 1932 futuristic fiction, Bra... Read more

Reaction to "Brave New World"

575 words, approx. 2 pages

When Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World, he had the intentions of writing about the future and how the world would run six hundred years from now. My reaction to the novel just as I finished reading... Read more

A Look at Brave New World

392 words, approx. 2 pages

"The parents were the the father and the mother," The smut that was really science fell with a crash into the boys eye-avoiding silence. "Mother," he repeated loudly rubbing in the science. "Moth... Read more

Brave New World

240 words, approx. 1 pages

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley has many moral dilemmas but the main one is lust. Henry Ford lusts over Lenina Crown. There were two solutions to this problem, one was Henry would lust no more and go... Read more

To Conform or Be Different

518 words, approx. 2 pages

Although conforming to society perpetuates order and being different allows us to act as individuals within a society. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the main idea was having a utopian s... Read more

Utopian Fiction Lasting Over Time

527 words, approx. 2 pages

Utopian fiction is a genre of writing that has lasted over the centuries and is still popular. The main reasons for Utopian fiction surviving are the desires to critique society, the credibility of th... Read more

Huxley's Purpose for Writing "Brave New World"

503 words, approx. 2 pages

Aldous Huxley's purpose for writing Brave New World was to warn the world about science and its wrongful uses. Huxley wrote the novel in 1932 when the world was changing politically and industrially a... Read more

A Brave New World

285 words, approx. 1 pages

Although this story may seem to "out there" to be considered possible, it is actually not that far off. With the current technology, we are able to make minor changes to unborn babies, and there will... Read more

Brave New World

626 words, approx. 3 pages

A Brave New World may seem to be a very outlandish view on the future of our world, but it has recently become a much closer representation of how society could become if the current trends continue.... Read more

Brave New World: Happiness

319 words, approx. 2 pages

Happiness is defined from the Webster dictionary as enjoying or marked by pleasure or satisfaction. The theme happiness is the key element in the story " Brave new World" by Aldous Huxley. There is ... Read more

Brave New World - Soma Vs Prozac

580 words, approx. 2 pages

Everyone wants happiness. Everyone wishes for happiness. But how far people would go to get joy is a different story. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, people no longer find happiness on their own... Read more

Science in "Brave New World"

1,126 words, approx. 4 pages

Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World to criticize the stagnancy and absence of life in a new world created through scientific and technological advancement to secure discipline, saftey, and control ove... Read more

The Concept of Life in "Brave New World"

254 words, approx. 1 pages

What is life? In the novel A Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, the concept of life is far from anything we could ever imagine. A Brave New World takes place in the year 632 A.F., which means After... Read more

Huxley's Predictions

1,408 words, approx. 5 pages

Huxley's Brave New World, although written in 1932, has predicted many realities in our world today. Such as, the wide spread of drug abuse, the importance of physical appearance, the loss of true ... Read more

Is Truth a Threat to Happiness?

294 words, approx. 1 pages

I believe that there are many instances in our civilization and in the civilization of the Brave New World where truth is a threat to happiness. Of course it is easily arguable that truth can bring h... Read more

Individualism Vs. Conformity

1,263 words, approx. 5 pages

In all dystopian societies, there is a struggle between those who believe in the ideology of the governing body and those who choose to exist as individuals. In order for a dystopia to function pr... Read more

Brave New World

783 words, approx. 3 pages

Huxley has used many techniques in Brave New World to highlight the issue of degradation of the relationship that exists between humanity and nature. It has broadened my own personal understanding of ... Read more

Brave New World : Mustapha Mond Vs. John

515 words, approx. 2 pages

There are many things discussed between John and Mustapha Mond that provide a contrast between the Brave New World and the Savage Reservation. The issue of morality was debated over topics such as th... Read more

Brave New World Vs. Today

966 words, approx. 4 pages

Close your eyes and imagine a world free of war, suffering and pain; an environment that provides all the necessary luxuries to maintain eternal happiness; one that is stable, friendly, peacefu... Read more

The First Chapter of "Brave New World"

854 words, approx. 3 pages

Huxley´s own style of writing and his ability to describe facts and actions in a very short and direct way also mean for the reader that the book is densely packed with special vocabulary which... Read more

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Summary

1,885 words, approx. 7 pages

Brave New World Historical information about the period of publication as it applies to the work: In his book, Brave New World, Huxley anticipated such things as totalitarian governments and the... Read more

Brave New World, A Discussion of Chapters 1-3

384 words, approx. 2 pages

"`Over twelve thousand seven hundred children already, either decanted or in embryo. And still going strong. We'll beat them yet.'" (7) This quote occurs in the beginning, ass the Director of Hatch... Read more

Are We Living in a Brave New World?

864 words, approx. 3 pages

Could you envision our world with man made human beings that are deprived of their love for each other, disposed of their child bearing natues, and where 'whoring' around is enforced rather than revok... Read more

Comparing the Theme of Love

982 words, approx. 4 pages

Love is a factor that plays a vital role in the choices a person makes and often those choices leads one to make decisions based solely on this emotion. Though love can guide one to success, it can ma... Read more

Individualism & Utopia Society

1,310 words, approx. 5 pages

Individualism is the idea that freedom of thought and action for each person is the most important quality of a society, rather than shared effort and responsibility and it is vital to everyone. In Wo... Read more

A Comparative Study of Brave New World

1,042 words, approx. 4 pages

Brave New World is a book that centres on the idea that if we allow science to take control of too much of our lives, then science will control us. It is not simply a warning of what could happen to s... Read more

Brave New World and Bladerunner

1,195 words, approx. 4 pages

In my exploration of the texts "Brave New World," composed by Aldous Huxley in 1931, and "Blade Runner - The Director's Cut," by Ridley Scott, I have acknowledged the opinion and perspective of both c... Read more

Comparison of the Opening Scenes of Brave New World and the Crucible

2,212 words, approx. 8 pages

The opening scenes of a novel play an important role in constituting a successful text. The introductory material gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts... Read more

Human Relationships, and Humanity's Understanding of the Wild in Blade Runner and Brave New World

1,338 words, approx. 5 pages

Human relationships, and humanity's understanding of the wild, are shaped and reflected in Blade Runner, by Ridley Scott, and in Brave New World (Aldous Huxley) through their composers' use of the con... Read more

Brave New World and Blade Runner

1,678 words, approx. 6 pages

Aldous Huxley and Ridley Scott are critical of the way humans interact with their environment through their texts "Brave New World" and "Blade Runner." This criticism can be seen in many different way... Read more

Brave New World: Insights Into the Originality of Mankind

1,097 words, approx. 4 pages

Although society is comprised of individuals and their unique talents are often recognized and praised, conformity is becoming increasingly accepted and valued. People are consistently moving closer a... Read more

Brave New World: The Impossibility of Happiness

1,813 words, approx. 7 pages

Everyone on earth is content with his or her life. That is, if one is living in the World State in AF 632, (or 2540 AD, using our calendar). The World State, an outwardly perfect society created by... Read more

Brave New World and Blade Runner: A Comparison

694 words, approx. 3 pages

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner Director's Cut share many ideas about humanity's relationship with the natural world, and are closely connected by the values they conv... Read more

Control and Power: A Comparison of Huxley and Auden

555 words, approx. 2 pages

In Aldous Huxley's book Brave New World, there is a theme of control and power, which is also present in W. H. Auden's poem The Unknown Citizen. In both of these writings power is gained by control... Read more

Today's Brave New World

564 words, approx. 2 pages

Aldous Huxley, in Brave New World, illustrates the problems when the government has too much control of citizens' social lives. "Normal" birth becomes a thing of the past because each and every pers... Read more

Brave New World in the Present Day

912 words, approx. 4 pages

A society where every one can sleep with everyone, one in which sex plays a major part in the way people live, and also where everyone is happy, everyone has a set job and is guaranteed that that job ... Read more

Brave New World, a Character Study of John

1,091 words, approx. 4 pages

John has never fit in wherever he has lived, especially in the Brave New World. John was raised on an Indian reservation, therefore he thinks differently than those who have been raised in the Bra... Read more

Review of Brave New World

833 words, approx. 3 pages

The book I have chosen for my study is Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (A Flamingo Modern Classic, 1994). The novel, which is set six-hundred years in the future, begins by showing the reader how hum... Read more

Brave New World Vs. Our World

622 words, approx. 3 pages

In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Mustapha Mond, one of ten World Controllers, suggests that the price of universal happiness will be the sacrifice of the most sacred truth of the culture that ou... Read more

Brave New World

791 words, approx. 3 pages

Back in the 1930's when "Brave New World" was published, no body dreamt that world of science fiction would ever come into reality. Surely there must have been a time though when a machine that could... Read more

Brave New World and Blade Runner

1,352 words, approx. 5 pages

A Brave New World

761 words, approx. 3 pages

Looking back over the last four years of English reading, I can most vividly remember the writing of Aldous Huxley. His book, A Brave New World, is one of the best I have ever read. While I was rea... Read more

Brave New World and 1984: To Control Freedom

1,197 words, approx. 4 pages

"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." The famous quote by Lord Acton can be seen in Orwell's Brave New World and Huxley's 1984. The novels warn of the power that can be abused by a... Read more

Brave New World and 1984

826 words, approx. 3 pages

When people read a book, they connect with the characters and what the actions of the characters. The characters allow the reader to follow the story in a way that the reader can connect with. Chara... Read more

Brave New World and Blade Runner - Perspectives

2,194 words, approx. 8 pages

The concept of totalitarianism is indoctrination, into all levels of society, which seek to reshape society's values and attitudes by suppressing their emotions and natural functions. Evidently, in ... Read more

Brave New World

2,444 words, approx. 9 pages

Guide Figures Essay: Thesis The epic hero of The Odyssey, Odysseus is able to reunite lovingly with his faithful wife, Penelope. However there will be major differences to the outcome without Odysse... Read more

Brave New World: The Creation of a Dystopia

1,295 words, approx. 5 pages

The Creation of a Dystopia In order to discuss Brave New World as a piece of dystopian literature, it is necessary to define both a utopia and a dystopia. A utopia is considered to be an ideally per... Read more

To Control a Brave New World

853 words, approx. 3 pages

Many people have tried to predict the future. Eerily enough both Aldous Huxley and George Orwell seemed to have a sense of what our world was headed towards with many of their ideas. Both predicted ... Read more

The Dystopias of "Brave New World" and Blade Runner

1,751 words, approx. 6 pages

Brave New World and Blade Runner are two science fictional texts that project a dystopia where humanity is far removed from the natural world. Where humanity characterised by ethics, morals, spiritua... Read more

The Sacrifice of a Brave New World

1,876 words, approx. 7 pages

Charles DuBois reflected that "The Important thing is: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become." Thus, to reach any sort of happiness, some sort of sacrifice has t... Read more

Brave New World: The Myth of the Utopian Society

643 words, approx. 3 pages

Utopia represents the perfect society. The literal meaning of utopia is "nowhere", so, the idea is essentially ironic in that it can never be achieved. For the utopian society to work, individualit... Read more

Totalitarian Societies in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwell's 1984

1,504 words, approx. 6 pages

What if you were told that two plus two was five? Would you believe it? Of course you wouldn't, but citizens living in totalitarian societies such as those in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Geo... Read more

Brave New World and Blade Runner, a Comparison

843 words, approx. 3 pages

Both of the texts, Brave New World by Adlous Huxley, and Blade Runner by Harrison Ford explore the tensions between humanity and the natural world. The quote: "I want god, I want poetry, I want real ... Read more

Brave New World and Blade Runner, a Comparison

1,095 words, approx. 4 pages

Aldous Huxley heeds the audience a warning that "technological progress has merely provided us with more effici means for goin backwards." as does Ridley Scott's film noir BR. These texts con cern... Read more

Religion in Brave New World

874 words, approx. 3 pages

Through-out the novel, Brave New World, one of the most valued things besides the frequently used drug called soma, is religion and worship. This speculative fiction, written by Aldous Huxley, deal... Read more

The Lack of Nature in "Brave New World"

514 words, approx. 2 pages

The wild is the natural world and the natural impulses of humanity. Huxley's Brave New World exploits or tames predictable aspects of nature until they are no longer wild and unpredictable. Those aspe... Read more

Visions of the Future

1,412 words, approx. 5 pages

Visions of the Future By: Feren Johnson Throughout time, several authors have written about the future. For many, fiction has been a vehicle to express hopes and fears about the evolution of socie... Read more

Portraits of the Future

949 words, approx. 4 pages

For just about as long as the concept of "time" has existed, there has also been a "future." And about this "future", people have always been curious. What will it be like? Will things always be a... Read more

The Human Feeling Lacking in Brave New World

581 words, approx. 2 pages

Brave New World Brave New World is set in the future time period in England. With the help of advanced technologies,and drugs, happiness fills the lives of the people living at tha... Read more

Genetics in "Brave New World"

757 words, approx. 3 pages

Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley is a science fiction novel about a Utopia of perfect people. In the beginning, The Director of Hatcheries (DHC) gives Alpha students a tour around the hatchery. He e... Read more

Brave New World: Science Is Only as Perfect as the Scientist Who Created It

1,020 words, approx. 4 pages

The world was in utter shambles when Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World. It was the middle of the depression, unemployment was high and the stock market low. It was the age of sterilizing the ment... Read more

A Perfect Society

716 words, approx. 3 pages

As demonstrated in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World the idea of a world that is perfect is non-existent. But the similarities in the errors that are made by Huxley's society while trying to achieve thi... Read more

Lenina Character Analysis from Brave New World

1,159 words, approx. 4 pages

The world as we know it is not all that is in existence. God made us with a yearning to know more, to understand what's out there. When we are stuck within the confines of our lives, there are always ... Read more

Brave New World -a Critical Review

974 words, approx. 4 pages

Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" can be regarded as a dystopia, a false symbol of any regime of universal happiness. The action is placed in the era of post-genomic medici... Read more

Huxley and Shakespeare

330 words, approx. 2 pages

Huxley and Shakespeare Do they read Shakespeare? asked the Savage as they walked, on their way to the Bio-chemical Laboratories, past the School Library. Certainly not, said the Head Mistress, blushi... Read more

Brave New World: To Clone or Not to Clone

1,792 words, approx. 6 pages

Cloning is becoming more and more prominent in today's society. Scientists are beginning to clone animals for use in experiments and for other uses, including medical advancement. In fact, researchers... Read more

Brave New World Soma Vs. Reality

1,370 words, approx. 5 pages

Published almost eighty years ago, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley remains a classic anti-utopian novel. A futuristic ideal world is portrayed one where human values are eliminated. The characters i... Read more

In the Wild: Brave New World and "Blade Runner"

1,401 words, approx. 5 pages

Any text is shaped by its context and there are values that grow out of that context in the text. `Brave New World' (BNW) and `Blade Runner-the Directors Cut' (BR) both Huxley and Scott look at the ... Read more

Brave New World Context

621 words, approx. 3 pages

Huxley's Brave New World was written in the aftermath of the Great Depression and before the advent of the Nazi's totalitarian state, when the rise of Communism gave people a false sense of security b... Read more

Comparative Essay - Brave New World and 1984

951 words, approx. 4 pages

Sometimes in society it feels as if we are pressured to feel or act a certain way by the government and that we are not in control of ourselves, but they are. The two novels Brave New World and 19... Read more

True Happiness: a Matter of Control

1,422 words, approx. 5 pages

Limitations and restrictions on behavior patterns in society can often bind one's ability to be truly happy in all aspects of the word. Aldous Huxley creates a world in his book Brave New World, where... Read more

A Comparison of Gattaca and Brave New World

591 words, approx. 2 pages

Imagine a world in which all disease, human disabilities, and shortcomings could be taken out of existence through genetic predestination. Imagine a world in which sex is just fun and children are ma... Read more

An Imprisoment Life

1,147 words, approx. 4 pages

An imprisonment life In Brave New World the author Aldous Huxley describes a world of complete government control. In Brave New World the people that live in the World State are not ruled by instinc... Read more

Brave New World

735 words, approx. 3 pages

In Aldous Huxley's Brave New Word, Huxley's satirical tone emphasizes the lack of individuality in the society through human conditioning, promiscuity, and the intake of a drug called soma. In Nikki G... Read more

Brave New World and "Blade Runner": Man vs. Nature

1,234 words, approx. 5 pages

Ridley Scott's film "Blade Runner: Director's Cut" and Aldous Huxley's novel "Brave New World" explore the concept of `In The Wild' by focusing on the natural world and its rhythms falling victim to u... Read more

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Brave New World

20,641 words, approx. 69 pages

Brave New World Book Notes is a free study guide on Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Browse the summary below:   Author Biography / Context of the Work   One-Page Plot Summary   ... Read more

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