Abstract
This paper discusses how in Aldous Huxley's dystopic novel, "Brave New World", the theme of dehumanization is delineated through the misapplication of science and technology. It looks at how various chilling techniques, used by scientists and the overall government, control the people that are contained in the society that exists within this novel. The society within the novel is analyzed and it is suggested by the paper that the utopia is dehumanizing the inhabitants.

From the Paper
"The control of science and technology is best described as inhumane in this society because stripping people of their natural human desires is exactly what the scientists and controllers intend to do. Written directly by Huxley himself was that "...the secret of happiness and virtue - [is] liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their inescapable social destiny" (Huxley 16). The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning clearly states that people in society are taught and basically have no choice but to accept and like the conditions that they are forced to live in. There is not much that they can do to change this, if anything at all. Destiny is determined by chemistry in this novel rather than people naturally deciding, with their own personal choices, as to where their lives should lead. "

Tags:utopia, science, technology

Abstract
This paper explores Toni Morrison's technique of humanizing her characters in the novel "The Bluest Eye" about a young African American girl, Pecola. With themes of racism, incest and child abuse, the author explains Morrison's literary techniques of not dehumanizing the characters that dehumanize Pecola in order for the reader to understand their hatred for Pecola.

From the Paper
"In her novel, The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison admits that she did not want to dehumanize the characters that dehumanize Pecola. She succeeds because she presents us with characters that are real without being overdone. She also succeeds because she does not point a finger at any one individual (or race, for that matter) for Pecola's suffering. It is a collective soul that destroys Pecola and we see these characters best when they are painted with true colors. They are not completely good or evil and we must look at them warts and all. Only then can we begin to understand their hatred for Pecola."

Tags:incest, racism

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A presentation and examination of a Charlie Chaplin Film 'Modern Time' and Robert Lynd's book called "Middletown" which describe the struggle against the dehumanization of the proletarian man by machine and the Industrial age. The author finds that the industrial age, while profitable from a financial standpoint for those who were in charge, dehumanized the proletarian man as well. The machine knocked him out of the running and sent him home to explain to his family that he was no longer able to provide.

From the Paper
"The Industrial Age was one that moved mankind ahead in leaps and bounds. Within the few years of its explosion and growth the ability to use technology to speed up tasks and to get them done with precision allowed the world to concentrate on other expansions and needs. The Industrial Age was a boon to those who rode the top of the age to success, however, for many millions around the nation and the world the age actually set them back. The Industrial Age, while profitable form a financial standpoint for those who were in charge, it dehumanized the proletarian man as well. The machine knocked him out of the running and sent him home to explain to his family that he was no longer able to provide. There are two classic examples of what the Industrial Age did regarding the proletarian man. The movie by the late Charlie Chaplin called Modern Time (1956) and the book called Middletown by Robert Lynd both illustrate the ways the machine replaced the man. "

Tags:Charlie, Chaplin, Middletown, proletarian, man, machine, industrial, age, dehumanization

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"'Harrison Bergeron' by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is a story literally exaggerated to its limit by showing, in the near future, what it means to be equal in every way by having people not being able to show any form of intelligence or creativity whatsoever. When Harrison Bergeron breaks the chains of government oppression, he dies for his failed cause. He dies because he chooses not to conform to the rest of his oppressive society. His parents, George and Hazel, who are nothing more than two bodies under the government's mind control, can do nothing to save their son or seek justice for his death. The story is not only a reflection of the author's concern with controlling the masses through television, but is also an attack on the idea of enforced equality."

Tags:and, dehumanizing, displeasure, effect, enforced, equality, of, television, the, vonnegut, with

Abstract
The paper examines the reasons Ortega y Gasset provides to explain his belief that traditional art is true art and modern art is just a work of art. The paper argues against Ortega y Gasset's assertions with the belief that his opinions do not take into account the natural progression of the art form.

From the Paper
"Jose Ortega y Gasset describes what he observes as the "emergence of a new artistic sensibility"(87) in his 1925 essay, "The Dehumanization of Art." His observations in light of "avant-garde" literature, art and theater are compared to his subjective thoughts on the traditional forms of art in poetry, theater and visual art. He argues that traditional art is the "true art" form; whereas, modern art is just art for the sake of art. I disagree with Ortega y Gasset's argument because it is now 2006 and his opinions, although respected, do not take into account the natural progression of the art form."

Tags:poetry, drama, theater, visual, arts

Abstract
The paper provides a linguistic analysis of the opening chapter of Aldous Huxley's novel "Brave New World" to demonstrate how it conveys to us scientific dystopia. The paper highlights the principle theme of the novel that secular philosophy leads to the destruction of thought and describes how this leads to a society that is manufactured as a clockwork, and breeds humans artificially according to a plan. The paper points out the linguistic devices used to convey these scenarios.

From the Paper
"The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley tries to show us the extreme consequences of social planning. As Huxley makes it, it is a project begun in philosophy, and ending in a few philosophers exercising control over larger society in order to suppress philosophy among the generality. The remnant of philosophers has earned the wisdom that thinking is deleterious to human happiness and social stability. Therefore the overriding goal of the 27th century world community is to suppress the natural human inclinations. In effect the community is only of the small coterie of philosophers at the helm, for the rest of humanity is maintained at a bestial level of existence by their machinations. They are bred artificially, and then raised through constant conditioning, all designed to make them function on their animal instincts alone, and so that they abhor the least tendency to reflection."

Tags:dystopia, philosophy, reflection, thought, logic, humanity

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The paper discusses several experiments which test the hypothesis that killings of out-group members by in-group members would incite or enhance infra-humanization. All experiments supported this hypothesis from different out-groups of aliens, Australian aborigines and Native Americans. The paper relates that findings from these experiments suggested that infra-humanizing was not intensified by the suffering of an out-group as it required an admission of responsibility for the crime for one's own group. The paper shows that infra-humanization of the out-group could happen only with socially relevant groups, which have some meaning to the in-group. The paper concludes that relevance could even be instrumental in the formation of the perception of responsibility.

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Experiment 1
Experiment 2
Experiment 3
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"This focuses on how British participants felt about the diminution of the aboriginal Australian population in the early part of the British occupation of Australia (Castano and Giner Sorolla 2006). Records and informal discussions provide evidence to British university students that the British made life difficult for the inhabitants. The aborigines were subjected to severe persecution and diseases by the British. This experiment consisted of two parts. The first presented evidence of the afflictions on the aborigines. In the second, group identification and collective guilt were introduced to the participating British students."

Tags:infra-humanization, persecution, diseases, high-impact/killing

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"In his comic novel White Noise, Don DeLillo critiques the superficial, materialistic, and bewildering culture of the United States in the late twentieth century. Although in some moments the author seems to be suggesting an element of humanity worth respect and/or salvation, in general DeLillo presents a human race utterly lost in a world full of madness, rage, confusion, and, especially, the things of modern consumerism. Prevailing over and under all of this is the "white noise" of the title, what amounts to a stew of sensory input which leaves the individual hypnotized and utterly discontent. American consumerism in the novel has become a religion of sorts, but a religion which gives no consolation or salvation. The American Dream, in theory, may consist of living in a paradise of consumer options, but DeLillo pictures it as a nightmare akin to a low-key.."

Abstract
"This study will examine three works' treatment of the common theme of searching for meaning in life under harrowing circumstances. The three works are Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front, Charles Dickens's Hard Times, and Jurek Becker's Jacob the Liar.

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"This study will examine three works' treatment of the common theme of searching for meaning in life under harrowing circumstances. The three works are Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front, Charles Dickens's Hard Times, and Jurek Becker's Jacob the Liar. The novels deal with various aspects of European history which portray the rise of forces of dehumanization which occurred in the 19th and 20th century (through World War II). Remarque deals with world war and its impact on individual human beings.

Dickens' novel deals with social and economic forces which lead to the dehumanization of workers and children. Becker's novel deals with the dehumanization of victims of a second world war, and specifically with a victim of the Nazi concentration camps which were a central horror in that war. Each of the books also deals with the ..."

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"Viktor Frankl, in Man's Search for Meaning, examines the relationship between human conditioning and the human spiritual dimension of freedom and meaning. As a psychotherapist, Frankl does not offer religious solutions, but he clearly believes that the individual seeking freedom and meaning in his or her life must connect with some cause beyond himself or herself, or with some person other than himself or herself, if he or she is to overcome the dehumanizing and unhealthy forces of conditioning in physiological, social and psychological terms. Frankl also believes that it is the responsibility of the individual to recognize his or her freedom of choice, despite the conditioning circumstances which prevail, and to take action based on that freedom which will transcend that conditioning and lead to a connection with another human being and/or with a cause which..."