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Analise Gates
1.)
Brave new world is a satire novel describing a
future of technological advances and false happiness. Aldous
Huxley portrays many complex messages to his readers. The
book is surrounded by this idea of a society that is
completely happy. Yet, this happiness is no where near real
happiness. The drug Soma clouds the realities of the present
and replaces them with happy hallucinations, and is thus a
tool for promoting social stability. I believe that Huxleys
message in the novel is that will be rot with consumerism
and pleasure seeking behavior so much so that we will lose
our human values and individualism.
2.)
The Brave New World society is surrounded by the
idea of completely happy society. The people of this system
are given and Drug, Soma, that clouds the realities of the
present and replaces them with happy hallucinations.
Although this society is happy, they are nowhere near true
happiness. True happiness can not be obtained by a drug.
John the Savage rebels against this notion of false happiness.
He argues that society must also know how to be unhappy in
order to create and appreciate beauty. Taking soma prevents
the people of Brave New World to feel unhappy and
appreciate true happiness.
3.)
What you need, the savage went on is
something with tears for change. Nothing costs enough
here. pg 239
When John the Savage states this, he means that their society
must know pain and unhappiness to experience what real