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It has been told that the past was a time full of happiness, a time when people met with one another- face-face, they built good relations, they had friends and family, and always a smile on their face.
Personally, I am still trying to figure out whether it is the past or present that is worse.
The past had always struck me as a frightful time. Some "utopia" where everyone was smiling, always happy, everything perfect, nothing had ever gone wrong. The thought of always smiling, it was creepy, what if they lost someone? Would they show up at their funeral smiling like nothing had ever happened?
And then there is the present, it would be something that you would find in those video clips human beings had used as entertainment back
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She plugged in this thick black wires attached to the bench, into the input at the side of her right shoulder. The outdated input that only the elders have. A large holographic screen popped up in front of her, she slid her finger over the screen and selected the highest speed of charging. She must be in a hurry, it's not every day you see an elderly droid wearing track pants and a sweater, and completely rushing her charging session.
My mind felt new and fresh now that I had also this energy from my charging session, but I still wanted to sit down a little longer to watch my environment and all the droids around me.
In my opinion, our world really isn't as great as everyone believes it to be. There are millions of galaxies out there in the universe, it may be true that humandroids and robots have conquered three of the planets in the galaxy we are currently living in, but we lost many of the planets to the intergalactic beings or aliens. Earth, Mars, and Jupiter, that's really all we have.
My thoughts were suddenly interrupted when I heard s familiar voice calling my name from behind. " Helia, Helia, come on we're going to be late"! I turned around, slim figure with copper hair, green eyes, and olive brown skin, came rushing behind me. She was my sister, well not my real sister, just the one I've been paired or matched with. She had a big beautiful
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, while fictitiously showing the future possible advances of science and technology, is actually warning people of what science could become. In the Foreword of Brave New World, Huxley states: “The theme of Brave New World is not the advancement of science as such; it is the advancement of science as it affects human individuals” (xi). He is not suggesting that this is how science should advance, but that science will advance the way that people allow it to. The novel is not supposed to depict a “utopian” society by any means, but it is supposed to disturb the reader and warn him not to fall into this social decay. Huxley uses satire to exploit both communism and American capitalism created by Ford.
Ultimately, it goes without saying that the past is a place we cannot revisit and because of this every event, that have happened in life before, will make an influence on it. Moreover, some things might change person's life in drastically way. However, people should understand that everything what happened in the past - stays in the past, and there is no reason to worry about bad occasion that already gone and relieve all negative emotions again.
Looking at our society and my busy life filled with tests, deadlines, work schedules, and demands for my time coming at me from every direction, I almost with I could go back to that place where time and concerns for the outside world were of little or no consequence. How I love to remember, to relive the memories of my adolescence. My world was perfect then.
John's eyes fluttered open and he cautiously surveyed his surroundings. Where was he taken? Who knocked him unconscious and carried him from his solitude at the lighthouse? He did not have to wait long for his answer, when he saw his friend standing over him, shaking him to awareness.
Human beings have a tendency to avoid problems and suffering in their lives, searching for the “perfect world” in which every individual may constantly feel happy. However, is this “perfection” ascertainable by any individual or mankind as a whole? In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley offers his ideas and interpretations of a utopian society in which each person has the ability to always be happy. In Huxley’s vision, pain and suffering are completely avoidable through the use of a drug called soma. Soma functions as an opiate, allowing its consumers to escape all of life’s hardships almost instantaneously by entering into “another world.” People of the World State heavily depend on soma to live their daily lives each day without
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World portrays a society in which science has clearly taken over. This was an idea of what the future could hold for humankind. Is it true that Huxley’s prediction may be correct? Although there are many examples of Huxley’s theories in our society, there is reason to believe that his predictions will not hold true for the future of society.
Man must not only remember his past, but also choose to remember it as it really happened—for, to again quote Eliot, “What might have been is an abstraction" (175). Fantasizing about an abstract, idealized past will never give success i...
In this world where people can acquire anything they need or want, we have to wonder, “Is the government controlling us?” Both the governments in A Brave New World and in the United States of America offer birth control pills and have abortion clinics that are available for everyone, thus making birth control pills and abortion operations very easy to acquire. Although both governments offer birth control pills and abortion clinics, A Brave New World’s government requires everyone to take the pills and immediately get an abortion when pregnant. This in turn shows us that A Brave New World’s government is controlling the population and the development of children. China is one of the few countries that currently have control of the development of children. In controlling the development of its children, China is also controlling the population levels. In any country, controlling the amount of children a single family can have can dramatically decrease the population levels. Just by having birth control pills and abortion clinics there for anybody to take advantage of shows that the involvement of either government is already too high.
1492). These findings are congruent with previous studies that showed nostalgia is related to a generally pleasurable feeling. Further observations showed that nostalgia is directly correlated to heightened self-esteem, which, in turn, heightens optimism. This serves as an important finding as it alleviates some of the original concerns that these higher levels of optimism are simply due to positive mood and not truly an effect of nostalgia. By showing the step-by-step process, we see that nostalgia increase self-esteem, which causes optimism to increase.
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World illustrates a colorful, fantastic universe of sex and emotion, programming and fascism that has a powerful draw in a happy handicap. This reality pause button is called “Soma”. “Take a holiday from reality whenever you like, and come back without so much as a headache or a mythology.” ( Huxley 54 ).
1.) The Savage Reservation is similar to the Utopia world in several ways. They both have drugs that are designed to calm people down. Soma, used in the Utopia and mescal used in the Reservation. They both also have a separation within their own society. The Utopia has social castes and the reservation has separation between the men and women, the men having more power. The two worlds also both have ceremonies. The Utopia has the orgy porgy ceremony in which everyone gathers around and has an orgy, hence the name. The Savage Reservation has traditional dancing ceremonies like the many traditional Indian tribes have today. The two cultures have many similar ideas, just expressed a little differently.
...onging for the past, is futile and will only result in bad events in the future, up to the point that there is no longer any future for the nostalgic individual.
There were quite a few changes made from Aldous Huxley’s, Brave New World to turn it into a “made for TV” movie. The first major change most people noticed was Bernard Marx’s attitude. In the book he was very shy and timid toward the opposite sex, he was also very cynical about their utopian lifestyle. In the movie Bernard was a regular Casanova. He had no shyness towards anyone. A second major deviation the movie made form the book was when Bernard exposed the existing director of Hatcheries and Conditioning, Bernard himself was moved up to this position. In the book the author doesn’t even mention who takes over the position. The biggest change between the two was Lenina, Bernard’s girlfriend becomes pregnant and has the baby. The screenwriters must have made this up because the author doesn’t even mention it. The differences between the book and the movie both helped it and hurt it.
Without nostalgia to remind us of the past, we would be lost in the tiresome hustle and bustle of our current society. Nostalgia is a source of hope and happiness for those who struggle with their day to day lives or merely wish to relive a memorable and enjoyable time from their past. Although burdensome, it is apparent that negativity is often present when one nostalgizes. However, one must look past the negatives as nostalgia functions best when channeled positively. Whatever the reason for recalling past events, it is evident that nostalgia brings with it a whirlwind of emotions that cannot be replicated through any other means.
Though the past may bring "a revival and restoration of the misery"(Limerick 473), I believe it is necessary to know and study our past. Through this essay I shall explain how knowledge of the past helps improve the quality of future output, satisfy our human thirst for knowledge, and understand certain polices and regulations.