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Brave New World3

s looked upon as a tool for sharing with multiple partners. The frequency with which people sleep with each other is a disturbing aspect Huxley chooses to portray. Lenina Crowne symbolizes Huxley's portrayal of the complete lack of sexual morals and self-respect. Along with Soma, sexual promiscuity is another form in which the government allows the people release their emotions in a harmless manner. Huxley is essentially warning our society against the advancement of the adult film industry. Feelies have replaced adult films and represent the lowest form of entertainment - allowing the audience to feel what they are seeing. Perhaps the most disturbing portion of the book lies in the description of the children grabbing and groping each other. Essentially, this sexual looseness is a actually means to prevent individuality and promote community. It is individual thoughts have become the enemy in Brave New World. Instead, Huxley looks towards psychological training as the main force teaching the people to think uniformly.The most powerful distortion in Brave New World is found in the psychological training each person undergoes since birth. The teachings begin as each person is still an egg in their specified test tube. For example, the Epsilons are exposed to more light and given a lack of oxygen so they are less intelligent and do not challenge the hierarchy of castes. Each caste is similarly taught since pre-birth to enjoy their position in society. Once born, the babies are given shock treatment when surrounded by certain objects. At such a young age the psychological training seems cruel by our standards. Huxley is warning us that individualism is the key, not the enemy, to a healthy society. The pinnacle of this teaching involves each person undergoing a strict series of hypnopeadia, or sleep-teaching as it is commonly called. Catchy slogans are pressed in the subconscious of every person to have them feel a pre-determined way abou...

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