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The vision of Aldous Huxley in Brave New World was the opposite of that of George Orwell in 1984, I read. I need to reread this book, I thought, and off I went to find a copy.
Bernard Marx is a leader in the Brave New World society, where people are cloned and modified for perfect happiness in their work assignments, all according to caste. Behavior modification and medication changes people so that they are not interested in relationships or strong emotions. When happiness eludes the people of ...more
Bernard Marx is a leader in the Brave New World society, where people are cloned and modified for perfect happiness in their work assignments, all according to caste. Behavior modification and medication changes people so that they are not interested in relationships or strong emotions. When happiness eludes the people of ...more
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