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Aldous Huxley

Brave New World Revisited

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1932

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Essay Topics

1.

What might “total organization” look like in everyday life? What are examples of Huxley’s descriptions of conformism? 

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Huxley argues that overpopulation produces a strain on food and resources and vitiates the gene pool. Discuss how overpopulation relates to other issues like propaganda, over-organization, and the depersonalized nature of city life. 

3.

Discuss Huxley’s view of science, particularly its capacity for improving human life versus its capacity for harm.