Abstract This paper examines how in order to maintain absolute social order and harmony in the society portrayed in "Brave New World", many of the inalienable rights and freedoms that are held true today are either twisted around or totally eliminated. It looks at how the citizens are controlled by depriving them of emotional and intellectual stimulation, keeping them physically satisfied, and through psychological and physical conditioning.
From the Paper "The citizens of this society are controlled by depriving them of emotional stimulation. Recognizing that anything that evokes emotion, helps to identify a cultural identity, or can cause conflicts between people could be a hazard, the Controllers eliminate any concept of family or art. "Since the needs of society are far more important than the needs of the individual, the Controllers strongly believe that sacrificing human attachments- even attachments between children and their parents- is a small price for social harmony" (Hochman 65). By encouraging polyamorous relationships, the emotional aspect is removed, and only the physical and aesthetic variables are left to determine the quality of a relationship. "
Abstract This paper examines modern cloning technology in light of the trepidation to this process as presented in the novel "Brave New World." The paper compares Aldous Huxley's image of cloning in "Brave New World" to the controversies this process inspires today. The paper contends that although today's cloning does not hold the place in society that it did in Huxley's work, the process must still be monitored and controlled. Also described are the various types of cloning and the benefits cloning can offer humanity.
From the Paper " While there are different types of cloning, cloning itself is creating an identical copy of something. DNA cloning for instance is a common practice in biological labs since the 1970s and involves "the transfer of a DNA fragment of interest from one organism to a self-replicating genetic element such as a bacterial plasmid" (Human Genome Project 2006). Other types of cloning involve creating entirely new organisms and this is known as reproductive cloning as it "generates an animal that has the same exact DNA as another" (Human Genome Project 2006). Cloning is a broad term that comes to mean some kind of reproduction asexually."
