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Cultural Differences In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

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At some point in everyone’s life, people are taught certain things in order to behave or think a certain way. People come into the world with zero knowledge. They do not know how to speak, feed themselves, or cleanse themselves. What is "normal" in one culture may seem alien-like in another. Actions that are considered "acceptable" may be observed from parents, peers, and even our society. From our ideologies to basic education, information is taught daily from various sources. As people grow older, they begin to gain independent knowledge that may differ from the status quo. Differences in education, social classes, religion, and gender ideology can lead to much division and conflict due to polar beliefs. Though people are conditioned, everyone is created differently and at some point will experience different influences. …show more content…

During this process, eight to ninety-six new eggs fertilize from one egg. It is split into identical genetic copies of the original. Immediately, the children are automatically conditioned to like and dislike certain things. This is because they want the caste system to stay in order based off of their intelligence level and intended workload. Delta infants are brought to a room with flowers and coloring books and are allowed to play with them. Soon after, they are electrocuted to make sure that they fear and have no further interests in flowers or coloring books. Similar to a conditioning process like this is religion. According to Indinopulos on his article "What is Religion", religion is one of the most common forms of conditioning. It is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and worldviews that relate to humanity to an order of existence. It also dictates moral standards, correct doctrines of belief, and delimits acceptable and unacceptable behavior. People who have a religion live their lives based off of what their specific religion goes

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