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Freedom In Brave New World

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In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, there is a controlled society in order to have community, identity, and stability. This society, much like Jesuit high school, watches over you and attempts to control you. In these societies your freedom is limited to almost nothing. It is not easy to grow as a person when you are always being watched or corrected. Students become brainwashed by being told exactly how to act and do not learn how to express themselves. Every day the student wakes up and does the same routine as if they are being controlled. Jesuit High School is limiting our freedom, correcting our every move, and retaining us from fully expressing ourselves. Freedom is the power to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint; and a Jesuit student can do none of these things without being restrained. As a student, you are taught your rights but are not allowed to act on them. This does not help the students get prepared for the future and makes them become used to being treated with no respect. Although it limits chaos and gives structure to the school, it is more important for students to be able to practice their rights and be free. Since we are always being watched over, students are more worried about being corrected than learning and growing as a person. …show more content…

The disciplinarian and faculty at Jesuit will continuously correct and watch over every move the student makes without giving him the ability to make the corrections himself. Although the goal for Jesuit High School is to turn young children into mature adults, this goal will rarely be achieved if the students do not learn how to handle their faults and correct them on their own. Due to the fact the students are always being watched, they cannot always act how they would like to in fear of getting in

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