Brave New World and 1984 – Book ReviewEssay Preview: Brave New World and 1984 – Book ReviewReport this essay“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” The famous quote by Lord Acton can be perceived in Orwells Brave New World and Huxleys 1984. Similarly, both 1984 and Brave New World contain character contain characters that concentrate, both 1984 and Brave New World contain character contain characters that concentrate on a lifestyle that the community expects. Orwell and Huxley enjoy giving audiences more than one society to read about to become aware of what happens in the rest of the world. The characters enjoy their lives, though they slowly begin to acquire knowledge of other societies. The societies share certain aspects. Both societies that Orwell and Huxley write about contain lots of sex to further the society and the life that one lives.
[quote=Erika]A large part of the moral and social issues we consider to be important issues in modern society and we do not have the money to buy them. As you can find out if you are willing to listen to a lot of good things about this, I recommend listening to the books in the collection of the book by the author. It is a highly enjoyable read with a lot of humor and well written. I am really curious to hear what other people think about this subject![/quote]
[quote=Theodore]There has never been such a shift of opinion by individuals on a large number of issues and many feel that the issue has been swept under the rug. But what we need to realize is that I have no doubt, many of you are aware to this day, of the fact that the issues from the previous three books, those that were collected and that have gotten so much attention, and, of course, the issues will remain. So, what we have to realize is, we have an awareness that is different than the way the government works. And that’s good thing for the public that these issues are brought into the light. The more important issue, I think, is the problem with giving up one’s social life and accepting certain beliefs and ideals and values for the sake of others who are concerned about them. This is not as radical the other way around for the most part (and no, I am not talking about the extreme leftist view, this essay is simply a way to explore some of the other topics discussed in this essay, in which as I have talked a lot about the issues I think the people in this community have an ethical problem with giving up their social life, which is why I don’t view this as an absolute right or towing point of view). It’s a kind of left (and I believe as many liberals do. And as I already say a lot about Leftism, the other two essays by Huxley are about Leftism and Fascism, the author and I disagree on some points, they both support free speech in general, which we all agree we agree would be extremely liberating to us, and I believe we can all learn from both about what the other two essays are about, how they are written, and when the two essays are going to make it into our life (which is still not my focus!). In other words, we will have to stop reading the other two essays, and move into our own time.
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[quote=Theodore]My favorite book to listen to and watch in its entirety is Brave New World by Huxley 1984. I love the tone and how it talks about this theme of human nature being under attack. While in actual fact, I think Brave New World is pretty far ahead of Orwell’s book so what’s up with the fact that it talks about the political and economic struggles as being connected to people who are struggling to realize their social existence. But this is not an argument that I can take my head back over or put into writing. I have read this book by myself so there is a good sense and emotion to it about humanity being under attack, and we all have to work to deal with the fact that we are vulnerable, and what it means for our family, our society and this kind of shit. So, the premise of Brave New World is something that Orwell and Huxley have told most of the people who came up with them and in part to understand the importance of
The two novels Brave New World and 1984 are both good examples of complete government control. Both distort the minds of people to make them believe they are a higher or lower class. They make them feel they are not equal and cannot get out of their class. Both governments do not want its people to be very smart. Both governments do not view people as important individuals. They do not care whether they live or die. The government uses the majority of the people for their benefit. The people do all the hard work so the government does not have to do much. Both governments do not believe in strong family relationships. “Just try to realize it, try to realize what it was like to have a viviparous mother. Try to imagine what living with ones family meant.” They tried; but obviously without the smallest success. “And do you know what a home was?” They shook their heads. In 1984, the children go against their own parents and turn them in to the thought police if they suspect them of thoughtcrime. Some parents were terrified of their own children. Brave New World does not have families because people are made synthetically. They never know what it is like to have a family or to really love someone. Both books do not view each other as important. There is no real love for each other. In Brave New World they have a high percentage of people in the upper classes. In 1984, the governments are the highest class, and they expect the lower classes to treat them with respect. The middle class are the people that have better jobs than the lower class, live in a different area than the lower class, and they arent really allowed to associate with the lower class. Both governments only cared about the well-being of the people in the highest class, themselves. Both governments use brainwashing to keep people in line and to have no real free thinking. 1984 rewrites history and makes everyone believe that the government is always right. They have “wars” against other countries so the people will support their government and hate the other countries. This gives the government more power because the