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How Did Aldous Huxley's Impact On Brave New World

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Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Laleham England. Huxley grew up in London. His family was known for science and to be very well educated. He had a grandfather and brother who were known biologists. His father was an editor and his mother ran a boarding school. His mom died of cancer when he was fourteen. It was also around the same time he almost lost his vision to an illness. Almost losing his vision had a major impact on his career choices. Huxley focused on writing rather than concentrating on science because of his vision. Huxley played-out the last few years of his life analyzing mysticism, parapsychology and consuming mescaline and LSD. Aldous Huxley was diagnosed with the same type of cancer that his mother died from. He died on November 22, 1963, in Los Angeles, California. Brave New World revealed several truths about society such as the question of freedom and happiness, and the advancement of science as it affects individuals. Several occurrences and experiences happen to characters, and it reflects upon people in …show more content…

Charles LP. Silet affirms this by stating, “On the return to his own world, the savage in tow, Bernard continues to think antisocial thoughts, ideas which drive Lenina to break with him and to take increasing doses of intellectually and emotionally deadening drugs” (Silet 495). She fails to see past the physical aspects of men and is confused on how to understand a relationship with emotions. Huxley points out, “Unable to escape her conditioning, she fears his attraction to her” (Huxley 55). Lenina is scared of Johns perspective of her and his view is above measures she cannot comprehend. Lenina views men from a biased sexual standpoint and her brain will not allow her to understand from the way she was conditioned or raised as a child. Her view of love and sex drives John away from her and is horrified that she is just after a sexual relationship and nothing

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However, John’s forced exposure to Linda’s sexual relationships placed him far away from that true home within himself, amounting to exile. This exposure was very central in formulating John’s rejection of sexual behavior outside of marriage, thus rejecting a major component of civilized society itself. John transformed this rejection into anger when he thought of the men who visited his mother: “He hated them all – all the men who came to see Linda” (Page 125). As a result, these experiences enriched John by giving his life more direction and leading him to place more value on personal connections with women. When tempted by Lenina’s aesthetic beauty, he erupted, “’Detestable thought!’

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Using simple words such as, “just under,” and “dangled” creates a sense of simplicity to connect back to John’s status as a savage. However, by using “twilight,” created a sense loneliness, perhaps trying to imply John’s damnation to being eternally alone. Lenina, upon meeting is described “ ‘Oh, she’s a splendid girl. Wonderfully pneumatic. I’m surprised you haven’t met her” (Huxley 44) by the director.

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In a place where marriage or even monogamy isn't a thing anymore, it shows a huge gap between Lenina and John's views and cultures. John is focusing more on deep human relationships which bring happiness and valuable human experiences and Lenina focuses on immediate gratification and physical satisfaction through meaningless sex. This shows how the Brave New World society has taken away one of the most basic human rights, being allowed to feel how you and form relationships with others. The culture gap is shown again later in Chapter 13, when John says, "The murkiest den, the most opportune place, the strongest suggestion…shall never melt mine honour into

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Also like stated before there is a constant disgust of the mention of family and relationships. Since the family aspect is covered relationships are next, Fanny is constantly on Lenina for only liking one guy because in the World State society “Everyone belongs to everyone” and Lenina is always liking one person. This is an obvious reference to the fact that sleeping around was beginning to look like nothing big in the eyes of people during this time period, and it was ok to get a street worker or go to a strip club to let off a little

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For example, John symbolizes what society would deem to have fallen to be normal. He symbolizes knowledge and confusion. Most of all, he symbolizes the courage that is set by emotions while trying to face their morals so that they can become equal as one. Lenina symbolizes seducing.

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Sex is casual and expected. She believes “everyone belongs to everyone else” (BNW, 34). However, Lenina has a long sexual relationship with Henry Foster which makes her unusual. Eventually she moves on to a new relationship with Bernard Marx. “But, Bernard, you 're saying the most awful things. '

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• His fifth novel Brave New World was written in 1931 and published in 1932, one of his most popular books publically • He was the son of an English school teacher and writer • Two of his brothers Julian and Andrew were to be eminent biologists, and his on grandfather was a controversial naturalist (nicknamed “ Darwin’s bulldog”) • Aldous Huxley was popularly known to be a novelist and an essayist, as well he would write short stories, poetry, travelogues, and film scripts • Aldous Huxley was always a critical observer of accepted traditions, customs, social norms, and ideals in his novels and essays • In his writings he was concerned with harmful applications in the scientific progress to mankind • Aldous Huxley was to lose his mother, in 1911 he was to be diagnosed with a disease to leave him potentially blind, and in 1914 his older brother wanted to kill himself • Aldous Huxley could not continue with scientific research because of his sight • He turned to literature after his sight had gone

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Since he grew up reading a lot of Shakespeare and learning about love in a more dramatic way, he sees Lenina as someone who can’t understand what true romance is. When she takes him to a “feely”, trying to figure out if he is attracted to her like she is to him, it reinvigorates his love for her, although he suppresses his physical desire due to his own shame. This is an example of how different the two characters have been raised, with John focusing on true love and trying to see Lenina as a wholesome, pure virgin (similar to Juliet in the story Romeo and Juliet), and Lenina becoming infatuated with him because of his resistance to her sexual

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Which was dangerous because she likes him. The tone I use is informal and hopes to reach school students and adults audience. I use simple language to make Lenina’s ideas, feelings, and desires easier to understand. For example, it contains phrases that express her constant changes of humor like, “Soma controls me, it gives me a superficial happiness…” or “I

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Lenina got very uncomfortable and even cried when she starts to feel an ounce of emotion. What good can you make out of that? You have an individual who just wants to be himself. How is that a bad thing? Then there is a drug named “Soma” that the society has basically been conditioned from birth to take in order to stay what they consider to be happy.

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His time at Garsington Manor proved to be more influential to his writing career than college. Garsington would later become “the gathering place for some of the most influential writers and intellectuals of the twentieth century” (Sawyer 38). One particular topic of discussion at Garsington shaped Aldous’ outlook on life. Social Darwinism was taking root in Europe, and its profound effect on intellectuals, “including Aldous Huxley, was an aggravated pessimism and a loss of confidence in the direction of society” (42). After finishing college, Aldous married a woman he had met at Garsington, and his writing career burgeoned (Aldous Huxley

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Though Brave New World and Player Piano were originally written in 1931 and 1952 respectively, they, along with dystopia as a genre, remain immensely well-read to this day as thought experiments of societies gone awry. These fictitious accounts continue to be relevant because of their foresightful warnings about the future of reality, each one distinct and thought-provoking. While the two authors formulate their warnings using similar plot structures and techniques, Aldous Huxley writes of societal conformity in Brave New World, and Kurt Vonnegut writes of the consequences of automation in Player Piano. Both warnings emphasize the loss of meaning and purpose in life when faced with the threats of society’s progress. Both Huxley and Vonnegut

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At age sixteen he became a student teacher at Midhurst Grammar School. He continued his job, but at age seventeen he contracted a disease which left him bedridden for several months. During this time, he read many books which sparked his interest in writing. When he was eighteen years old, he was awarded a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London and studied biology. There he studied with T.H. Huxley who was a foremost evolutionary theorist.

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Succumbing to professional and personal dilemmas, it is clear why Andrei would be dissatisfied with life. Andrei’s plight is used to show how educated nobility suffered from serious pressure and struggles, which could lead to a somber

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