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Brave New WorldChemistry is an important key to achieving a world of ?Community, Identity, and Stability? in Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World. Huxley himself said that the main theme of his novel is not the advancement of science as such; it is the advancement of science as it affects . . . Read more
Introduction “Bill Gates and his empire command fear, respect and curiosity in the world he helped create. Microsoft dominates the software world like no other company in a major consumer industry” (Electric 1). Exactly how did Bill Gates and his partner Paul Allen get their company to such a tremendous . . . Read more
Brave New WorldThe author of Brave New World is Aldous Huxley. He was born in Surrey in England in 1894. He was educated at Eton, and later he attended college at Oxford where he earned a degree in English literature. For awhile he taught and was a critic of music . . . Read more
Brave New WorldThe Loss of IndividualityThe peak of a writer’s career should exhibit their most profound works of literature. In the case of Aldous Huxley, Brave New World is by far his most renowned novel. Aldous Huxley is a European-born writer who, in the midst of his career, moved to . . . Read more
Brave New WorldBrave New WorldGeorge Santayana once said, “Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination.” In life, there is no such thing as a “complete utopia”, although that is what many people try to achieve. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is an attempt at a utopian society. . . . Read more
ON“Then wear the gold hat…bounce for her too, Till she cry “Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you”(1). This epitaph by Thomas D’Invilliers, found at the beginning of The Great Gatsby, depicts the dream that Jay Gatsby tries to make a reality. While it embodies characteristics of the American . . . Read more
In the novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad one of the major themes is the perversity of the Congo. What is good and evil in the European world becomes distorted and hazy in the heart of Africa. To the outside world white is good and black is evil; it . . . Read more
When I was eleven years old, my best friend Michelle Baker and I thought that wewould look more grown up if we started smoking. My parents smoked, so we deviseda plan for me to steal their cigarettes, and then Michelle and I would meetbehind K. J. Clark Middle School to . . . Read more
Joe ReidJoe ReidEnglish 101California Surf CultureThe manufactured image of health and happiness that became synonymous with the California Lifestyle has over the years become more refined, molded into a specific state of existence that is, by definition, a contradiction placed at the ocean’s edge. The exploitation of this natural condition . . . Read more
Women’s Influence In Things Fall ApartIn the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, there are some dominant explanations of the roles of women in pre-colonial Africa. Women also have heavy influence in the society of the Ibo. Okonkwo, the main character, has deep seeded issues about being so macho . . . Read more