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Portraits of the Future
a "future." And about this "future", people have always been curious. What will it be
like? Will things always be as they are, or are times rapidly changing? The most
daring of these inquisitors are the writers of our time. Authors such as Aldous
Huxley (Brave New World), Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451), and screen writers such
as Peter M. Lenkov and Robert Reneau (Demolition Man) have all dared to explore
the future of our world, and have very different opinions.
In Brave New World, society as we know it is nearly unrecognizable. The
people are used to being instantly pleased by simulated things, and not by the real
joys of life. People can't seem to face realities, and pop pills of soma instead.
Throughout the whole book there is the theme that by...
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