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    "fit" to co-exist. In the novel Brave New World‚ those who do not "fit" are cast out onto an island far away from civilization. Those who are cast out are referred to as misfits. Looking at Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World as a guide‚ should we embrace or shun the misfits in our own world? When a world is manipulated it is insufficient and flawed since those who have created it are imperfect. There are different types of misfits in the book Brave New World. They represent and illustrate how man

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    First of all‚ there was a greater impact socially than economically after the colonization of the New World because of the slave trade. Many slaves were horribly mistreated before they even came to America. Proof of this is (Doc. H) where the slaves are shown being brought onto the Middle Passage. These slaves‚ including young children‚ are shown with shackles around their necks. Once on the Middle Passage‚ slaves were kept in the hull of the ship. There was just enough food and water to keep

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    October 2011 A Dream Come True It was a sunny clear morning in Orlando‚ Florida. The sun‚ shaped like a fresh Florida orange‚ was like a guiding light to our destination. The kids were in the back trying to hold in the excitement‚ but it seemed to be coming through their pores. The freshly polished Chevy Tahoe could not move fast enough down the last stretch of the road. Soon we began to see colorful oversized signs‚ and we knew that we were not far from Walt Disney World. As we drove a little

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    i was in too deep. Everyone has had a "First Love" and for most‚ their first love is their first everything. your "First Everything" basically open up a brand new world for you and show you things you’ve never seen before and make you feel emotions you’ve never felt before. The last person that opened up a new world for you is your mother. Everybody knows what kind of attachment a baby has to their mother. In the same sense it’s almost as if you have this attachment to your first love

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    Aldous Huxley’s book Brave New World strongly‚ the vast majority of the population is unified under the World State‚ an eternally peaceful‚ stable global society in which goods and resources are plentiful and everyone is happy. Happiness is deprived from mass produced goods such as obstacle golf‚ Centrifugal Bumble-puppy‚ recreational sex and the most common one‚ the use of the drug soma; a hallucinogen that takes users on enjoyable‚ hangover-free "holidays". We meet the protagonist Bernard‚ who

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    a great many books devoted to changing the way that people think about the world. Between the Bible to the textbooks found in every university library‚ books have been written to teach us about the way the world works‚ and how we should see it. There have also been many books written to intellectually remove people from the real world‚ and temporarily place them in more endearing or more interesting worlds. Brave New World‚ while a science fiction at it’s core‚ is not a book to keep you entertained

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    BRAVE NEW WORLD This novel is about a Utopia‚ an ideal state- a bad ideal state. It is therefore a novel about ideas‚ and its themes are as important as its plot. They will be studied in depth in the chapter-by-chapter discussion of the book. Most are expressed as fundamental principles of the Utopia‚ the brave new world. Some come to light when one character‚ a Savage raised on an Indian reservation‚ confronts that world. As you find the themes‚ try to think not only about what they say about Huxley

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    A protagonist is described as the prominent character in a novel or text. In Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”‚ John the Savage is the central protagonist opposed to Bernard Marx or Helmholtz Watson because he symbolizes cultural difference amongst the World State and the Savage Reservation. Although Bernard and Helmholtz demonstrate differences that would not be accepted in the civilized society‚ they are only seen as leading characters. Huxley uses John’s character to point out the short comings

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    Why Did Islam Spread so Quickly Through the World There are 1.6 billion Muslim people in the world today‚ that is approximately 23% of the world’s population.Islam was founded in 610‚ by the Prophet Muhammad. The religion appealed to many people due to the fact its rules were right and just. Islam spread to many regions in the beginning‚ and now is the #3d largest religion in the world. One of the major factors of the spread of islam was trade‚ trading helped the spread of islam because it brought

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    How Slavery Affected the New World Amanda Maldonado 9/11/2012 Unit 1: Essay When we think of slavery we cannot help to think of mistreated people. Slaves are responsible for making the New World succeed in the enlightenment of civilization‚ and the production of wealth. Without slave labor economy would not be working today. Slavery teaches us that after suffering there comes reward. At the same time however‚ slavery is the definition of anguish and torment. The separation of loved ones to

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