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Persuasive Essay On Brave New World

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The purpose of my paper is to give insight on freedom, dependence on technology, society being one, danger of world leaders, incompatibility of happiness and truth, and separation of people all in the book Brave New World. And why Aldous Huxley found it important to write about something so far into the future (2540 AD). The author pries at what it is that makes us happy and whether we can make people, build them to love one thing and hate the other, feel a certain way towards something, and control all feelings, thoughts, emotions, desires, and sexual partners. All before being born. If it is possible, which he makes a convincing statement with the book that it is, could we let it happen? Throughout the summary think about one thing, could this happen in our society today? If your immediate thought is yes, why? How …show more content…

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